Smoke from raging Canadian wildfires hits Europe as record 18.7M acres burn

Smoke from the Canadian wildfires has traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and reached Europe as part of the worst fire season in history for the northern forests, officials say.

The smoke that left New York City covered in an orange smog earlier this month was spotted arriving in the United Kingdom on Monday, with pictures from space depicting the arrival of the haze, according to the UK Met Office.

Fortunately for the British, the powerful jet-stream winds that carried…

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