By Tyler Durden

Nearly 100 million people across 18 states, from New Hampshire to South Carolina, are under air quality alerts Wednesday morning, according to NBC News. A low-pressure system stuck off Nova Scotia is sending smoke from Canadian wildfires into the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast.

According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fires Centre, more than 400 wildfires are burning in Canada. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s radar-based analysis shows smoke from the wildfires pouring in from eastern Ontario and into the US.

On Tuesday night, New York City had the worst air pollution of any major city in the world, according to the IQAir website. Many other major US cities were blanketed in haze with air quality levels deemed “unhealthy.”

“EVERYONE should avoid the outdoors,” one meteorologist tweeted.

NEW YORK CITY: Prepare for air qualities WORSE than yesterday.

Likely in the code red to code purple category.

A wall of dense wildfire smoke will arrive by noon.

— Visibilities below 3 miles
— You’ll taste the smoke
— Your eyes will sting

EVERYONE should avoid the outdoors. pic.twitter.com/JrEce3vLFV

— Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) June 7, 2023

This morning, residents along the East Coast woke up to the following:

The Statue of Liberty in New York City is covered in haze and smoke caused by wildfires in Canada https://t.co/gni41b3v0i