Officials warned young children and those with respiratory illnesses to take precautions. For weeks, smoke from Canadian ...

But when smoke plumes are close to the surface, people are breathing in wildfire chemicals and tiny particles. Those particles, known as PM2.5, can get deep into the lungs and exacerbate asthma and ...

New York was hit with an air quality alert Saturday as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted across the state, pushing levels ...

State officials from Maine to New York issued alerts for fine particulate matter, a toxic byproduct of wildfires that is small enough to be inhaled.

The air quality index (AQI) is predicted to be above 100 in much of New York state on Saturday, and could reach 135. Alerts ...

An air quality alert was issued by the New York State Department of Health on Saturday due to smoke from wildfires in Canada.

An air quality alert has been issued for the state of New York, including the five boroughs and Long Island, on Saturday. The alert from the State Department of Environmental Conservation and the ...

Lightning strikes kill 320 million trees yearly worldwide. This causes significant carbon emissions, almost matching ...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires pushed into New England Saturday, bringing hazy skies and unhealthy air quality to some spots, ...

President Trump is on a winning streak at the Supreme Court with conservative-majority justices giving the green light for the president to resume his sweeping agenda. Their recent blessing of his ...

Six of the top ten areas in the US with the worst air quality Saturday morning are in New England, according to the ...

When the Retreat Fire ignited a year ago east of Rimrock Lake, it burned much of the Oak Creek Wildlife Area, known for its sagebrush-dotted ridges, conifer forests and elk.