Wildfire Wake Up Call: When Climate Chaos Knows No Borders The skies above Detroit, Chicago, and New York have turned a sickly shade of gray, shrouded by an invisible veil of smoke carried from Canada's raging wildfires.
Hundreds of fires are burning across the country, with over 800 blazes scorching more than 2. 7 million hectares. Canada is battling its worst wildfire season in recent memory.
The consequences are far reaching: air quality warnings have been issued for parts of the US Midwest and East Coast, forcing millions to breathe hazardous fumes.