Wildfire-hit British Columbia blanketed with hazardous smoke pollution
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 Millions of people in the western Canadian province of British Columbia were under air quality warnings on Monday as hundreds of wildfires filled the skies with smoke and turned the sun orange. In the cities of Kelowna and Kamloops, the air quality index (AQI) was above 350, a "hazardous" level, real-time air quality information platform IQAir showed. AQI measures major pollutants including particulate matter produced by fires.
Firefighters In Canada , Make Progress Against Wildfires , Amid Cooler Weather.
BBC reports that wildfires in British Columbia,
Canada, may be easing after over
30,000 people were driven from their homes.
According to officials, firefighters
have made progress amid cooler
weather, but the...
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
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