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The New York Daily News reports:
Canadian wildfires have created dangerous air quality conditions in New York City, prompting city officials to call late Wednesday for the cancelation of all organized outdoor activities and advising New Yorkers to stay indoors as much as possible.
With conditions deteriorating quickly Wednesday afternoon as an orange-grey haze shrouded the city, New York jumped to the number one spot on a list of cities with the worst air pollution in the world, with levels not seen since the 1960s.
Conditions in the city late Wednesday worsened to the point where New York was ranked the city with the worst air quality in the world, according to IQAir. Mayor Adams said the city at one point hit a staggering 484 out of 500 on the air quality index scale.
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I’m sure everyone’s posting photos of the orange sky but holy sh*t y’all. It’s orange!
No editing, no filters. #NYC #NYCSmoke #orangesky #ClimateCrisis pic.twitter.com/vLfovgk6LT
— Trish Anderton (@trishanderton) June 7, 2023
Surreal scenes in the skies above #NYC today as #wildfire smoke smothers the city in hues of fiery orange. #NewYork #wildfires #AirQuality pic.twitter.com/qfk6vuKljf
— Inga Sarda-Sorensen (@isardasorensen) June 8, 2023
As the sky in New York City turns orange from Canada’s wildfire smoke & air quality reaches unhealthy levels, Googlers have been told to #WorkFromHome.
Its hybrid workweek policy requires employees to work from the office three days a week.
Great Job, @Google!??? pic.twitter.com/m5MzsijLp1
— Shreyam Sharma (@yourstartupman) June 8, 2023
Downtown New York City now. It’s 2pm and the sky is electric orange due to the Canada fires pic.twitter.com/fPUexE4WKd
— Page Six Emily (@PageSixEmily) June 7, 2023