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New York City’s air was more polluted than all but one of the world’s major cities Wednesday morning as thick smoke from wildfires burning hundreds of miles away in Canada was set to continue to choke much of the Northeast through the weekend.
An ominous orange haze crept over the city for a second day as all five boroughs were placed under an Air Quality Health Advisory until Thursday morning due to wind patterns pushing smoke south from over 150 forest fires in Quebec — 110 of which have been deemed out of control.
“Unhealthy” air and smoky conditions are expected to linger over the five boroughs until Sunday, as Mayor Eric Adams Tuesday urged New Yorkers with heart or breathing issues to “limit … outdoor activities to the absolute necessities.”
By 10 p.m. Tuesday night, air quality in parts of the Big Apple reached a “very unhealthy” level, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s index, and the air quality in the five boroughs was the poorest of any major city in the world, according to IQair.
By Wednesday morning, only New Delhi, India had worse air conditions than the city, according to the air quality and pollution ranking website.
“We’ll be in this same kind of weather pattern through today, and tomorrow as well,” Fox Weather Meteorologist Stephen McCloud told The Post.
