The live blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. Here are the updates for June 8:
The live blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. Here are the updates for June 8:
- Hundreds of wildfires are burning across Canada, affecting millions of people in North America and causing a smoky haze in cities across parts of the United States.
- The US National Weather Service has extended air quality alerts for places along the East Coast as well as parts of the Midwest, including Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.
- US President Joe Biden has ordered the deployment of “all available federal firefighting assets” that can quickly help Canada respond to the blazes.
- The haze and low visibility have led officials to halt flights into New York’s LaGuardia Airport from the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic region and Ohio.