ATLANTA - A series of wildfires burning across central Canada sent smoke billowing into the U.S. on Saturday, with few signs that the blazes will subside anytime soon.

The largest fires are burning in Manitoba, but due to prevailing wind patterns, plumes of smoke drifted southward, reaching as far as the Gulf Coast.

Satellites captured stunning imagery as smoke appeared to embed itself around a storm system moving through the East.

According to air quality readings across the Lower 48, the smoke was most hazardous across the Plains and the Upper Midwest, with moderate levels reaching as far south as Georgia and the Carolinas.

Communities south of the U.S.-Canada border reported Air Quality Index (AQI) readings between 200 and 400 - levels which are considered to be unhealthy to even ha

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