Hundreds of wildfires have raged in Canada since April. On Sunday, the city of Montreal had the highest air pollution in the world. Now the smoke has also reached Europe – this Tuesday it will move over Switzerland.
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- Smoke from wildfires in Canada will drift over Switzerland from Tuesday.
- According to the office responsible for air quality in the canton of Geneva, the smoke cloud should have very little impact on health.
- Skies should be a little cloudy Thursday night, and a red sunset likely, according to the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology.
- This phenomenon should be decomposed again on Friday.
- In early June, plumes of fires in eastern Canada moved south, resulting in thick veils of haze, orange skies, smoldering smoke, poor visibility, and horrific images in New York and Philadelphia, among others.
Smoke from massive wildfires in Canada will drift over Switzerland from Tuesday. The cloud is about 600,000 square kilometres, according to the Westschweizer Zeitung newspaper “The Courier” He writes.
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MeteoSwiss screenshot, source: EumetSat.
It should have very little impact on health, said the office responsible for air quality in the canton of Geneva. the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology Expect slightly cloudy skies and a red sunset on Thursday evening. This phenomenon should be decomposed again on Friday.
The Manhattan skyline is shrouded in smoke from Canadian wildfires.
A man wearing an FFP2 mask crosses an intersection in Manhattan.
Statue of Liberty shrouded in orange haze.
Smoke blanketed the Statue of Liberty and the Staten Island ferry on Tuesday.
A view of Brooklyn shrouded in smoke.
Plumes of smoke also covered monuments on the National Mall in Washington.
“Mars or Manhattan?” Wildfire smoke over New York. – Gallery
The Manhattan skyline is shrouded in smoke from Canadian wildfires.
A man wearing an FFP2 mask crosses an intersection in Manhattan.
Statue of Liberty shrouded in orange haze.
Smoke blanketed the Statue of Liberty and the Staten Island ferry on Tuesday.
A view of Brooklyn shrouded in smoke.
Plumes of smoke also covered monuments on the National Mall in Washington.
Canada has been battling massive wildfires since late April. Currently, more than 400 fires are being counted, more than 200 of which are “out of control”, according to the authorities. Almost 75,000 square kilometres, nearly twice the size of Switzerland, have already burned this year, and there is no end in sight.
Orange skies and the smell of smoke in New York
In early June, the pillars of fire in eastern Canada moved south, resulting in a thick veil of haze, orange skies, smoldering smoke, poor visibility, and apocalyptic images in New York and Philadelphia, among others. The bad air also brought dust and soot particles with it.
Smoke from the wildfires reached Europe on Monday. ORF meteorologist and moderator Daniel Schrott shared a post on Twitter in which the movement of air masses can be seen. According to the model, the smoke first reached the airspace over Portugal, Spain and France early Monday morning.
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