Canadian Officials Warn Wildfires Could "Last All Summer"

Canadian Officials Warn Wildfires Could "Last All Summer"

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Last week we shared new troubling forecasts that showed wildfire risks are set to explode to "above normal" conditions across portions of the Northeast this summer. This could be due to the emerging El Nino weather phenomenon. 

Axios reported 435 wildfires were burning across Canada this past weekend. As of Monday morning, most Mid-Atlantic and Northeast cities recorded air quality levels at "unhealthy" levels despite some relief from the wildfire smoke in recent days. 

Wildfire smoke still blankets many states on the East Coast

While the smoke is dissipating from the dangerously hazardous levels of last week, the federal agency Natural Resources Canada warned of new forecasts of above-normal fire risks through September. 

Bonnardel noted, "We are going to have a fight that we think will last all summer … we haven't yet won the battle."

Fire risks are also spreading across the Northeast. The National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlooks showed above-average fire risks for several states in the Northeast from July to August.