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Added on the 08/06/2023 15:44:42 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
People look on as firefighting helicopters work to contain the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna, now blanketed in a smoky haze. Across British Columbia, some 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate while 36,000 others have been told to prepare to leave if necessary. IMAGES
Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to shroud US cities in a noxious haze. Residents in the US capital awoke to an acrid smell and orange-tinged skies, with the Environmental Protection Agency rating parts of the mid-Atlantic region at "Code Maroon," the highest category of the Air Quality Index, signaling hazardous conditions. IMAGES
An orange-tinged smog caused by Canada's wildfires shrouds New York, obscuring its famous skyscrapers, as cities along the US East Coast issue air quality alerts. IMAGES
San Francisco, Sep (EFE/EPA).- US cities like San Francisco in recent days top the list of metropolitan areas with the worst air quality in the world due to the multiple fires in the region which caused the huge amounts of smoke. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, US.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he plans to visit Fort McMurray, the western Canadian city that has been ravaged by wildfires, to witness the devastation first-hand. Vanessa Johnston reports.