The air quality index measures PM2.5, less than 2.5 microns particles, to determine the intensity of air pollution in cities.

The phrase “urban firestorm” has terrified me since I first heard it, from the climate scientist Daniel Swain, who was ...

Photos taken of the Hughes Fire around Castaic Lake, California captured the massive blaze and cloud of smoke visible from ...

A family of six, including three children, died this week in a house fire near the Saint Lawrence River in Upstate New York. The fast-moving blaze occurred at a single-family home just before 10 p.m.

Image The Malibu coast in California recently. Smoke from wildfires can travel significant distances.Credit...Loren Elliott for The New York Times In California, wildfire smoke’s effect on air ...

A brush fire erupted amid powerful winds Wednesday afternoon in the Castaic area in the northern region of Los Angeles County ...

On January 30, 2025, in Queens, New York, USA, @coachdecastro shared a video of a fire breaking out at a recycling facility ...

Los Angeles is one of the cities that has considered implementing a mask ban, along with New York City. Perhaps the current wildfires and hazardous smoke, in addition to the ongoing COVID-19 ...

You may not have family, friends, or property in the Southern California area that’s being ravaged by fast-moving wildfires ... the New York State Department of Health says. Smoke can become ...

Wildlife smoke can travel hundreds of miles through the atmosphere. During the record-setting 2023 wildfires in Western Canada, some parts of the Eastern United States, including New York City and ...

Smoke from those fires blanketed parts of the United States, apparently causing a spike in emergency department visits for asthma-related symptoms in New York City, one of the places the smoke ...

That was on display in 2023 when wildfire smoke traveled from Canada and descended on New York and other parts of the East Coast. The widespread smoke during Australia’s 2019 to 2020 wildfire ...