Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
NOAA satellites are monitoring more than 400 fires currently burning across Canada after unusually hot and dry weather triggered an early and intense start to the wildfire season. Canada is on track to have the worst wildfire season on record.
Earlier last month, smoke from wildfires burning in Alberta and British Columbia produced a smoky haze that moved across New England. Last week, smoke from wildfires in Nova Scotia was seen moving over the area as well. This week, even more thick smoke from fires burning in Ontario and Quebec is blowing over the eastern and central U.S. much lower to the surface, triggering air quality alerts throughout those regions.
Read more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/smoke-canadian-wildfires-blankets-us
Credits:
NOAA
NASA
CIRA
Music:
“Computer Age” by Timo Marc Baker [PRS]; BBC Production Music; Universal Production Music
NOAA satellites are monitoring more than 400 fires currently burning across Canada after unusually hot and dry weather triggered an early and intense start to the wildfire season. Canada is on track to have the worst wildfire season on record.
Earlier last month, smoke from wildfires burning in Alberta and British Columbia produced a smoky haze that moved across New England. Last week, smoke from wildfires in Nova Scotia was seen moving over the area as well. This week, even more thick smoke from fires burning in Ontario and Quebec is blowing over the eastern and central U.S. much lower to the surface, triggering air quality alerts throughout those regions.
Read more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/smoke-canadian-wildfires-blankets-us
Credits:
NOAA
NASA
CIRA
Music:
“Computer Age” by Timo Marc Baker [PRS]; BBC Production Music; Universal Production Music
