Another week, another curveball from the sky. An air quality alert has been issued for New York City and much of New York State as wildfire smoke from Canada drifts back into the region, hazing up the skyline and sending air quality levels into the unhealthy zone for sensitive groups.

According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation , the alert went into effect at midnight Monday and stretches through 12am Tuesday for all five boroughs, along with Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Ulster and Sullivan counties. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is expected to exceed 100, a threshold that signals increased risk for people with asthma, heart conditions or other respiratory sensitivities.

You can thank ongoing wildfires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, which c

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