U.S. air quality hit as 205 wildfires burn across Canada: Smoke reaches Europe

Wildfires in Canada have forced thousands of residents to evacuate in three provinces, impacting air quality in the U.S. — and smoke from the deadly fires has even blown across the Atlantic and reached parts of Europe.

The big picture: The fires that killed two people in Manitoba have been hitting air quality across the country and into the U.S. for days, with the latest alerts affecting Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and parts of Michigan on Tuesday. • Parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will also be under alerts on Wednesday due to "unhealthy" air quality levels, per the National Weather Service. • The U.S. announced Monday the deployment of 150 federal firefighting personnel to Canada to help tackle the escalating threat of the fires that researchers and officials say are bei