Thousands of people have been evacuated as wildfires rage on across North America.
Hazardous air quality alerts have been issued across North America as wildfires continue to rage across the western U.S. and Canada.Smoke from the blazes are expected to spread across the country over the next few days, with the National Weather Service warning of visibility issues and poor air quality across the western part of the United States.
Forest Service, the EPA has combined data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , National Interagency Fire Center, and other smoke monitoring and sensing sites, to create a fire smoke map of air quality across North America.The map uses a color-coded air quality index, which is based on the concentrations of PM2.5 and satellite data. At the bottom of the scale, green areas are considered to have 'good' air quality where air pollution poses little or no risk.
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