Rising number of wildfires trigger poor air quality warnings in Ontario, Quebec
www.ctvnews.ca
Smoky, dangerous air is settling over parts of western Quebec and eastern Ontario this morning and the number of forest fires burning across Canada is creeping higher once again.

From North Bay through Ottawa-Gatineau to Montreal the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) is again over the top of its range at 10+.

Athletic events and St. Jean Baptise events are being canceled.

  • lfzs@lemmy.ca
    7·
    2 years ago

    We had 20+ for a couple of hours yesterday here in Sudbury.

    I thought the rain would help but it barely rained.

    • lexcyn@lemmy.ca
      8·
      2 years ago

      It was pouring last night in the Valley, but it didn’t seem to do much for the smoke… still here this morning :(

      • BruceDoh@sh.itjust.works
        7·
        2 years ago

        The levels did drop significantly overnight in Petawawa but still extremely high. Pouring rain for about half an hour this morning didn’t seem to have any effect…

      • lfzs@lemmy.ca
        4·
        2 years ago

        It does on a section under the graph. It’s not 10+ right now but this is where it reports the actual index.

      • lexcyn@lemmy.ca
        1·
        2 years ago

        Yeah the website doesn’t show it but the PurpleAir map does if you go there… you can also switch to the US EPA 2.5 scale and others as well.

  • 1bluepixel@kbin.social
    4·
    2 years ago

    Montreal was pretty insane yesterday. The air pollution was barely tolerable, yet everyone who was outside was acting like nothing was going on. Some people would sit on terraces and some bars had their windows open wide. That was pretty wild.