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It\u2019s going to get hazier before it gets better.<\/p>\n

The Big Apple is under an Air Quality Health Advisory as the Canadian and Great Lake wildfire smoke slowly takes over our skies.<\/p>\n

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The air pollution reached \u201cUnhealthy for Sensitive Groups\u201d levels of air quality around 11 a.m., and is expected to remain so until around 11 p.m., according to the city\u2019s Office of Emergency Management. <\/p>\n

The visible smoke from the fires has been traveling through the Empire State, turning the bright blue skies into a pale haze.<\/p>\n

That means the Air Quality Index (API) will hover between 101 and 150 on Wednesday \u2014 a far cry away from the harrowing 465 \u201cHazardous\u201d peak that turned the metro skies orange during the June 2023 Canadian wildfires.<\/p>\n

However, this year\u2019s smoke event coincides with an onoging heat wave, with temperatures expected to near 100 degrees throughout the Big Apple Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The city also issued a heat advisory and activated its heat emergency plan \u2014 however, if the smoke continues to grow thicker, it could bring down temperatures by blocking the sun\u2019s intense rays.<\/p>\n

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The NYCEM warned that any ground-level impacts are still uncertain, but that the air quality could trigger health issues, especially those suffering from lung diseases such as asthma.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery New Yorker has a different risk profile, and this week you need to know yours,\u201d NYC Emergency Management Commissioner Christina Farrell said Tuesday. \u201cIf you\u2019re sensitive to air quality, don\u2019t remain in a space without air conditioning or filtration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if you\u2019re in a population vulnerable to heat, older adults, young children, people with chronic conditions, take the heat seriously too,\u201d Farrell added. \u201cIn both cases, you should get to a cool indoor space, and if you don\u2019t have one at home, a cooling center is open near you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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So far, at least 17 wildfires have eaten thousands of acres across Minnesota \u2013\u2013 the five largest of which have consumed at least 30,000 acres, officials said.<\/p>\n

Canada is suffering its own swath of fires after two of the largest US flames \u2014 the Bear Trap and Thumb fires \u2014 jumped the border.<\/p>\n

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