Poor air quality is expected to linger in portions of the Northeast and East Coast Friday, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
According to the National Weather Service, “Canadian wildfire smoke is expected to continue impacting portions of the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. over the next few days. However, air quality is expected to slowly improve due to a combination of thunderstorm activity and dispersion of the smoke as we head into the weekend.”
As of Friday morning, three U.S. cities ranked among the top six major cities in the world with the worst air quality: Detroit, Washington, D.C. and New York City, according to IQ Air’s live ranking of major world cities.
Canada has over 220 blazes burning “out of control”, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.
As of Friday morning, cities such as Washington, D.C., New York City, Pittsburgh and Baltimore were in the “unhealthy” category, according to tracker AirNow.gov.
Health experts advise Americans under air quality advisories to stay indoors with air conditioning or to wear N95 masks outside.
