Smoke from California and Oregon fires reaches New York

Smoke from the California and Oregon fires has spread up the east coast of the United States to cities like New York and Washington DC.

"The wind has changed direction and is carrying the smoke from the fires in the west throughout the United States," explained NASA along with images from one of its satellites where the wake is observed advancing from one end of the river to the other. country.

Some New Yorkers this morning shared photographs of the sunrise in their city and in which misty skies are observed.

The fires in the United States in recent weeks have burned 1.8 million hectares in the forests of California, Oregon and Washington State.

At least 34 people have died and thousands of houses have been destroyed by the advancing fire.

The Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) first warned that the smoke was heading towards the Pacific Ocean, but the change in air currents has led the smoke in the opposite direction.

The latest images from NOAA and NASA show that the smoke has crossed almost the entire northern region of the United States to reach the Atlantic Ocean.

Also the carbon dioxide trace produced by the fires is reaching some regions of southern Canada and northern Mexico, mainly in the Baja California peninsula.

The smoke that has traveled to the east coast of the United States is about 7,600 meters high, according to data from the New York meteorological service, and does not significantly impact the air quality of cities because it is located in a part elevated from the atmosphere.

NASA ensures that with the smoke, some very fine particles from burned objects are also in the air - which are called aerosols - and that cities must be vigilant about the volume of these in the air of cities.

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