Poor air quality - Migrant flight dispute - India-Germany submarine deal

Source: AirNow.gov

1. Summary
   Tens of millions of Americans in 17 states, primarily in the Northeast, are under air quality alerts due to smoke drifting in from wildfires in Canada. Canadian officials say they are seeing one of the worst wildfire seasons on record. The country is receiving wildfire assistance from the US.
   
   Late Tuesday, New York City was rated as having the worst air quality of any major city in the world, reaching 400 on the Air Quality Index (50 is considered good, 300 is considered hazardous). The city closed beaches and sporting events were cancelled. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said 1 million N95 masks would be available throughout the state. Flights to New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington DC were paused or delayed.
   
   Human-caused climate change is increasing the conditions that make large wildfires more likely. But University of Toronto physicist Kent Moore told Yahoo! News that while climate change plays a role in this case, the more proximate cause is the unusual spring seen in Canada. "There’s just natural variability,” he said. “Some springs are dry and some springs are wet."

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