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Canadian wildfire smoke descends on parts of US, including New York City

More than 830 wildfires were burning in Canada, along with more than a dozen in northern Minnesota, forcing mandatory evacuations and spreading unhealthy smoke down to the Lower 48.

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I live in PA and there's smoke everywhere. The whole sky is covered in it. I still had to work too.
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The smoke is really intense here in Chicago. I can’t imagine what it’s like in Canada! I’m praying for you all up there!!!!
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Kinda telling that Canada comes to help every time there are wildfire in California. The US has only blamed and threatened Canada for theres.
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@ryann8126 From YouTube ↗ 16 Jul 2026 16
The new normal
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@tqatkins From YouTube ↗ 16 Jul 2026 2
I can see a haze here in Pittsburgh despite the air quality sensors being in the 64-68 range. Seems like the sensors might have a delay. Just a few miles north of Pittsburgh sensors are in the 150+ range.
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Pennsylvania here smokey and hard to breath
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I didn’t know anything about this until this morning. When I saw all the smoke when I went outside I thought god had smoked a joint 😂😂😂
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Oh that's why it looked so weird outside yesterday, it looks like we are still getting some of the smoke in Vermont, it's not nearly as bad as yesterday, but you can still see a slight yellow hue, I'm right on the border to get to Montreal
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Yeah woke up to it in Michigan.. it's so bad, the smell is 😭 my asthma.. my coughing, least I have a mask on and inhaler
0:56 oh no..
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Can smell and see it in southern PA now. Started drifting through about an hour ago. Crazy stuff!
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0:06 Looks exactly like scenes from all the most dire dystopian future movies of the past 50 years 😢
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@414Majj From YouTube ↗ 16 Jul 2026 10
Until it snows is crazy
Smd
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To our Canadian neighbors, you are in my prayers.
We, in California, understand what you are going through.
Stay safe, your health is the most important thing to focus on right now. 🙏🏼❤️
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Fires n floods. Biblical 😳
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@dkh316 From YouTube ↗ 16 Jul 2026 39
"This bridge in Michigan" is called the Makinac Bridge.
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Im in Upstate NY its so SMOKEYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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I feel for people with respiratory difficulties
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It's a problem when you wake up and think your NEIGHBOR is burning tires..... Smoke drifting along the grass....... Mid Michigan here
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@levistoner From YouTube ↗ 16 Jul 2026 30
I’m in north metro Detroit. Smoke came in over the course of the day yesterday, 7/15. By the evening you could see a haze, the sunset was orange, and it smells like a large campfire outside. Made my 18yr old daughter cancel her run and beach plans for the day. Insisted she do stuff indoors today.
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@lshimon4 From YouTube ↗ 16 Jul 2026 82
I live in Wisconsin. Walked outside this morning and could smell the smoke and there is a film of smoke in the air.