The thick, unhealthy haze that disrupted daily life for millions of people, blotting out skylines and turning skies orange dissipated showing signs of improvement.
the state's largest school district, was set to resume operations on Friday after closing Thursday along with a handful of other districts. Elizabeth schools were set to have a half day.New Jersey state police delivered N95 masks to NJ Transit staff at multiple high volume locations. They will be made available to the public at several stations including Newark Penn Station, Atlantic City, Camden, Trenton, Secaucus and Hoboken.
Smoke from the wildfires in various parts of Canada has been lapping into the U.S. since last month but intensified with recent fires in Quebec, where about 100 were considered out of control Wednesday - which, unsettlingly, was National Clean Air Day in Canada.The smoke was so thick in downtown Ottawa, Canada's capital, that office towers just across the Ottawa River were barely visible.
More than 400 blazes burning across Canada have left 20,000 people displaced. The U.S. has sent more than 600 firefighters and equipment to Canada. Other countries are also helping.Some rain should help clear the air somewhat in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic this weekend or early next week, though more thorough relief will come from containing or extinguishing the fires.
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