Canada’s wildfire season is developing at an alarming rate this year, with blazes burning across the country. Smoke from dozens of wildfires in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Quebec has drifted south, shrouding much of the northeastern United States in a haze, and prompting the National Weather Service to issue several air-quality alerts. Gathered below, images of the fires in Canada, and the surreal skies caused by the drifting smoke.
Photos: Smoke From Canada’s Wildfires Drifts South
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An Annapolis Royal firefighter, Jason Rock, sprays hot spots in the Birchtown area while tackling wildfires in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada, on June 3, 2023. #
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SPCA officer Sarah Young, of Yarmouth, and wildlife conservation officer Tim Locke, of Birchtown, load a pig into a van during wildfire evacuations in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, on June 3, 2023. #
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A view of the Olympic Stadium as Montreal is shrouded in haze on June 6, 2023, in Montreal, Canada. Environment Canada issued a smog advisory for the second day in a row. #
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The sun is shrouded as it sets behind the Statue of Liberty in a hazy sky caused by smoke drifting into the northeastern U.S. from wildfires in Canada, on May 22, 2023, in New York City. #
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A view of hazy conditions above Yankee Stadium, resulting from Canadian wildfires, as Anthony Rizzo of the New York Yankees jogs to the dugout during the second inning against the Chicago White Sox in the Bronx borough of New York City on June 6, 2023. #
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The Toronto skyline is seen from the CN Tower under a blanket of smoke as wildfires in Ontario and Quebec continue to burn, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 6, 2023. #
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