Canada wildfires: Will smoke reach Long Island?

The smoke plume streaming down from Canadian wildfires will cause hazy conditions in the Great Lakes region and the southeastern states, but largely miss Long Island, weather and environmental officials say.

Dozens of fires have been burning out of control in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba over the last week.

So far, the smoke from the fires has drifted down through parts of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, where the Environmental Protection Agency has declared the air quality unsafe for people and animals sensitive to air pollution in some locations.

Over the week, the smoke continued to drift down into the lower states in the Southeast, worsening air quality in those areas.

The mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states, including New York and Long Island, won't see the kin