Unhealthy air everywhere
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 8 June 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Today, we break down what’s happening with the Canadian wildfires, the smoke enveloping parts of the United States, and what you can do to protect yourself.
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While the United States has grown accustomed to increasingly devastating wildfires ravaging the West Coast, the country is facing a new challenge: intense wildfire smoke hitting the East Coast from fires burning through Canadian forests. This week, the smoke has blanketed the East Coast corridor and is spreading to the Midwest. With the air quality at hazardous levels, we talk to Amudalat Ajasa, a weather and climate reporter for The Washington Post, about how people can protect themselves from breathing wildfire smoke, and whether the changing geography of wildfires could impact clean air initiatives.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Alahe. |
| 0:04.4 | I just wanted to drop a quick note to say hello and also introduce you to an amazing |
| 0:10.1 | new guest host you'll hear over the next couple of weeks. |
| 0:13.6 | Her name is Rhonda Colvin and she usually anchors the post's video reporting from Congress. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm so excited to welcome her to the show, hear her questions and the stories that she's |
| 0:24.8 | interested in chasing. |
| 0:26.8 | You'll still hear from me and our other great colleagues. |
| 0:30.0 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:33.8 | The sky right now, to say the least, looks dystopian. |
| 0:37.8 | That's Amdele, Ajasa. |
| 0:43.1 | She's a weather reporter for the post. |
| 0:45.4 | She's talking about the hazy, orange yellow sky that has been looming over the east coast |
| 0:49.8 | these past few days and is now heading toward the Midwest. |
| 0:53.9 | I spoke to some sources in upstate New York who said it looked like they woke up on Mars. |
| 0:58.7 | One source even said it looked like Doomsday outside. |
| 1:02.3 | It looks like Doomsday because for the past few weeks, hundreds of wildfires have been |
| 1:06.7 | burning through the Canadian forest. |
| 1:09.0 | Smokey conditions caused by wildfires in Canada, triggering a cold red alert for the entire |
| 1:15.0 | Delaware Valley. |
| 1:16.0 | New York City topping the list of cities with the worst air quality in the world for a |
| 1:20.4 | bit. |
| 1:21.4 | It says that more than 600 federal firefighters have been deployed to Canada. |
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