Source: New York Post
Originally Published by: Dangerous heat returns to the Northeast Waves of Saharan dust linger over Gulf Coast Potential tropical Gulf threat brews while Atlantic stays under massive Saharan dust A recent wildfire outbreak across western Ontario, Canada, and Minnesota is sending thick plumes of smoke toward the Great Lakes and Northeast through Thursday, bringing extremely hazardous air quality and potentially some orange skies reminiscent of the Mars-like skies that enveloped New York City in June 2023. According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, 32 wildfires sparked across mostly western Ontario on Monday, with 46 wildfires burning out of control across the province. Several other fires sparked and intensified in northern Minnesota on Monday, as a heat dome continues to drive record temperatures across the Northern Plains.
