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Smoke and haze has engulfed North America cities due to the untimely summer wildfires in eastern Canada. A dozen of wildfires in canada still remain out of control which is why Quebec has ordered more evacuations. The air quality in Ottawa, which neighbors Quebec, has been classified in category 10+, the worst level on Environment Canada’s Air Quality Health Index, indicating “very high risk”, as per Reuters. Meanwhile, the city of New york was seen covered in thick orange blanket of smoke which has also triggered various health alerts. Here are a few pictures that depict the air quality of the city that never sleeps. (Image: REUTERS/Amr Alfiky)
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Buildings in Jersey City, N.J. are partially obscured by smoke from Canadian wildfires as a ferry travels up the Hudson River, seen from the Manhattan borough of New York. (Image: AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
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The One World Trade Center tower in lower Manhattan is shrouded in haze and smoke which drifted south from wildfires in Canada, in New York City. (Image: REUTERS/Mike Segar)
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Buildings in lower Manhattan in New York are partially obscured by smoke from Canadian wildfires. (Image: AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
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The Statue of Liberty is covered in haze and smoke caused by wildfires in Canada, in New York, U.S. on June 6, 2023. (Image: REUTERS/Amr Alfiky)
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The midtown Manhattan skyline is shrouded in haze and smoke which drifted south from wildfires in Canada, in New York City, New York. (Image: REUTERS/Mike Segar)
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Smoke rises above the southeast perimeter of the Paskwa fire as it burns near Fox Lake, Alberta, Canada May 16, 2023. (Image: REUTERS)