The alert from the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which is in effect from 10 a.m. to midnight, includes the ...

"It is recommended that, when possible, you avoid strenuous outdoor activities, especially those with heart disease and ...

According to IQAir.com, New York City had the world's worst air quality of any major city in the world back on June 7, 2023, with an AQI rating over 350, more than twice as high as Dubai.

By 7 a.m. Wednesday, New York City's air quality index was just below 180, a designation of "unhealthy." Human-induced climate change has exacerbated the hot and dry conditions that fuel wildfires.

The alert will be in effect from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. for the city, as well as Long Island, the Hudson Valley and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut.

With over 100 active wildfires burning in Canada, wildfire smoke has drifted across the border into the United States, prompting Minnesota officials to issue the state's first air quality alert of ...

Canada is having its worst wildfire season ever. There are currently 488 fires burning — 257 of them have been deemed out of control. Wind can blow the smoke, which is actually a complex mixture ...

New York City faces another air quality alert Thursday, along with some of the surrounding area. The alert will be in effect from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. for the city, as well as Long Island, the ...