It's Back: Toxic Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Heads South

Canadian wildfires have roared back to life, sending harmful smoke into the northern United States — just like last summer’s historic fire season that also sent plumes of noxious haze southward. If you didn't have allergies at the start, you probably had them by the time the air finally cleared. Via the Washington Post:

Almost a year to the date from the explosive start to the 2023 fire season, hundreds of fires have erupted in Canada, including a dozen major and out-of-control blazes. At least 500,000 acres (200,000 hectares) of land have burned so far, much of it in recent days.

Smoke from the blazes has led to air quality alerts for much of Alberta and its surrounding provinces, as well as Minnesota and Wisconsin. Edmonton was subjected to red-tinged skies and hazardous air quality over the weekend because of wildfires to its north.

[...] Belts of extreme to exceptional drought are draped across the zone from central British Columbia to northern Alberta, where many of the worst fires rage. The majority of provincial land from Canada’s west coast to Ontario is experiencing at least moderate drought.

I can't even remember how long it lasted. It just seemed like we would never see a sunny day ever again, just orange skies.

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