New York City became the worst polluted city in the world due to the wildfires.Health officials have warned that breathing the smoke is equivalent to smoking 22 cigarettes a day.Authorities are urging people to remain indoors and avoid exposure to the hazardous smog.Travel chaos has hit the nations skies as severe delays are reported in airports across the East Coast.'Those New Yorkers with underlying conditions such as lung or heart disease are at increased risk from this exposure and are encouraged to adjust their activities accordingly.'Ī sheet of smoke from the wildfires first descended on New York on Tuesday before thickening throughout the afternoon and into Wednesday, leaving those in Manhattan unable to see the New Jersey skyline across the Hudson River.Īs well as sending New Yorkers inside, air quality alerts were also introduced in states including Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois, Virginia and the Carolinas, according to the National Weather Service. 'Our risk from this exposure is based on our own personal underlying health condition. 'The Canadian wildfires present a common exposure to almost all New Yorkers right now.' Acting Health Commissioner James McDonald said. Manhattan's iconic skyline has been engulfed by the toxic smoke as health officials urge millions of residents to stay inside The City's public health officials said they were monitoring the situation, but had not noted any abnormal activity. One large New York City hospital group told that they were seeing a few people coming in with eye or throat irritation, chest pain, or shortness of breath.īut Ilana Nikravesh, communications director for Mount Sinai, New York's largest hospital by beds, told they had not seen an increase in admissions. Health experts warned that breathing the fog can be as damaging as smoking 22 cigarettes a day. Nanoparticles from the smog are so small they can penetrate the lungs and bloodstream, with side effects also including irritation to the eyes and throat as well as breathing problems. More than a dozen US states and over 100 million people are under air quality alerts, prompting many to start wearing pandemic-era masks. Huge swaths of the nation, from the north east to the Great Lakes, are braced for several more days of smog, while Canadian officials continue to grapple with over 400 wildfires.Ī thick, nicotine-yellow haze shrouded the famous Big Apple skyline on Wednesday as the city became the most polluted in the world, with its Air Quality Index score soaring past 400, which is deemed 'hazardous'.
The mayor of New York City has urged millions of residents to remain indoors after hazardous smoke from Canadian wildfires billowed across the border.
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