Orange, Yellow Air Quality Warnings Remain for Okanagan, Shuswap, Cariboo - The Ashcroft

Orange, yellow air quality warnings remain for Okanagan, Shuswap, Cariboo - The Ashcroft

Wildfire smoke is continuing to display poor air quality across the Okanagan, Shuswap, and Cariboo regions of B.C. On Friday, Aug. 7, Environment Canada re-issued its orange-coded air quality warning for the entirety of the Okanagan as well as Merritt, Ashcroft, Kamloops, Clearwater, Barriere, 100 Mile House, and Little Fort. An orange warning means impacts could be wide-spread, could last for days, and can cause significant damage, disruption, …

Massive Pacific Northwest fires pump smoke into Wyoming

When meteorologist Adam Dziewaltowski drove to work around sunrise, he could see the telltale sign on the horizon. “I kind of describe it as a highlighter orange,” he said Thursday of the vivid display.  As smoke rolls into Wyoming, the ashy air puts on a show of burnt orange sunrises and salmon-colored sunsets. While pretty for a picture, dawn and dusk can be some of the worst times for air quality as the ashy air sinks with cooling temperature…

Yellow Air Quality Warning remains in effect for North Shore

A Yellow Air Quality Warning remains in effect for the North Shore, according to the news release by Metro Vancouver. Metro Vancouver issued the warning due to elevated fine particulate matter and ground-level ozone, with conditions expected to persist until there is a change in weather. Elevated fine particulate matter is linked to smoke from wildfires burning in British Columbia, including in the South Cariboo, the Southern Interior and a comp…

An air quality warning remains in effect today for certain areas of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw Territory.

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