(NEW YORK) — Smoke from raging wildfires in Canada continues to bring dangerous air quality conditions to parts of the northern United States, with hazy skies in the East.
As of Wednesday, there are 203 active wildfires burning in Canada, with 102 of these considered to be “out of control,” meaning fires that are being observed and assessed, but not immediately suppressed, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.
The smoke from the flames will create potentially dangerous air quality conditions in Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on Wednesday.
For the second morning in a row, Minneapolis had some of the worst air quality conditions in the world on Wednesday. The entire state of Minnesota and Wisconsin will remain under air quality alerts until no