{"id":132862,"date":"2021-07-20T20:04:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T20:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=132862"},"modified":"2021-07-20T20:04:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T20:04:54","slug":"much-of-us-under-ominous-hazy-sky-as-smoke-spreads-from-western-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/much-of-us-under-ominous-hazy-sky-as-smoke-spreads-from-western-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Much of US under ominous, hazy sky as smoke spreads from Western wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"
Much of the United States is under an ominous, hazy sky on Tuesday as smoke spreads from the massive wildfires in the West.<\/p>\n
At least 40 million Americans are experiencing poor air quality.<\/p>\n
The hazy skies have even reached New York City.<\/p>\n
These New York City photos show the difference between Tuesday and a typical sunny day.<\/p>\n
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At least 80 large wildfires are burning in 13 states, mostly in the West.<\/p>\n
Oregon’s Bootleg Fire has exploded to over 388,000 acres and is 30% contained as of Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
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“Fighting this fire is a marathon, not a sprint,” said Rob Allen, incident commander for PNW Incident Management Team 2.<\/p>\n
The Dixie Fire in Butte County, California, has spread to over 59,000 acres and is just 15% contained.<\/p>\n
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The danger for wildfires will remain high on Tuesday due to low humidity, high wind gusts and the potential of dry lightning.<\/p>\n
Fire danger will continue Wednesday before subsiding some on Thursday. But with the West enduring a widespread drought, new fires could easily spread at any time.<\/p>\n