US president has frequently pushed false claims blaming the mismanagement of rival politicians for large wildfires.
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17 juli 22:47
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US president has frequently pushed false claims blaming the mismanagement of rival politicians for large wildfires.
Canadian leader Mark Carney says both the US and Canada have an equal responsibility to fight climate change, which experts say are worsening wildfire conditions.
The president said on Friday in a social media post that Canada was failing to manage its wildfire response as smoke has blanketed U.
The president said on Friday in a social media post that Canada was failing to manage its wildfire response as smoke has blanketed U.
World Cup organisers are monitoring the situation 'closely', with US and FIFA presidents meeting on Friday.
The interplay between the burning fires, the smoke itself and quickly changing weather patterns is making the next few days more uncertain than usual.
Wildfire smoke can contaminate the air inside a home, but there are measures you can take to make your indoor environment safer.
109 million people face another day of poor air quality as smoke from blazes in Ontario drifts over the US Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Tens of millions of Americans face another day of smoky skies, irritated eyes and bad air quality, as Canadian wildfire smoke spread again over huge swathes of the US, affecting around 109 million people across the midwest, mid-Atlantic and north-east.
More than 100 blazes continued to devastate swaths of Ontario, prompting evacuations.
A thick plume of smoke swept across the Midwest and New England, and those conditions could linger on Friday.
The haze is likely to ease in the East this weekend but linger in the Upper Midwest, where some cities recorded extremely high pollution indexes on Thursday.