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US flights canceled at airports in two states due to smoke

MOSCOW, Jun 7 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) The United States on Wednesday suspended some flights bound for New York's LaGuardia Airport and flights at Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey as visibility deteriorated due to smoke from wildfires in Canada, CNBC reported.
Wildfires in Canada have led to health-threatening levels of air pollution in the US metropolitan area, Washington, the surrounding area, New York and several northeastern states are shrouded in a yellowish-gray haze. New York City officials have also urged at-risk residents to wear masks outside due to wildfire smoke that has enveloped the city.

«Flights were scheduled to depart from the East Coast and Upper Midwest region to LaGuardia. Visibility has also caused delays at Newark Liberty International Airport,» CNBC reported, citing FDA data.

According to the channel, a partial ban on takeoffs at LaGuardia Airport was introduced until at least 2 pm local time (9 pm Moscow time). According to CNBC, more than 1,300 flights to the United States were delayed.
According to meteorologists, the situation should begin to improve on Thursday, experts predict that air quality will improve by the weekend. Meanwhile, fire-dangerous weather has also set in in the central and northeastern regions of the United States. As the meteorological service warns, the recent dry weather and the likelihood of dry thunderstorms, when due to high temperatures and low humidity, precipitation does not have time to reach the surface of the earth, evaporating in the air, is fraught with the likelihood of fires.
Forest fires have been raging in Canada for the last weeks. They cover several regions of the country at once, more than 400 fires were recorded by Tuesday, more than 200 of them have not yet been controlled. The Canadian Armed Forces are involved in extinguishing, on Tuesday the authorities announced the collection of funds to help victims of forest fires.

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