The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, has warned that the air quality will suffer a “worsening” due to the large column of smoke that has dyed the New York sky orange due to the fires registered in Canada. “Air quality is expected to continue to deteriorate throughout the dayso the alert will remain in effect at least until Thursday night,” the mayor said on his Twitter account.

So, has asked the population to wear masks, especially “to children, the elderly population and people with respiratory or heart problems” and has urged to limit outdoor activities as much as possible. “Limit them to what is strictly necessary,” she has said. In this sense, he has informed that the schools will remain closed for the moment while waiting for the situation to be reversed. “New York has had to face tough times and we will get out of this. Together,” Adams said.

The National Weather Service of the United States had already warned on Wednesday of the decrease in air quality in some parts of the northeast due to the haze, which also affects parts of the state of New Jersey, where the governor, Phil Murphy, has asked to close the schools. “The situation is bad or very bad, depending on where you are“Murphy said in statements to the CNN television network. “Stay indoors, especially if you are children, the elderly or people with problems. If you have to go out, consider wearing a mask,” she pointed out.

The smoke, which covers from the Canadian capital, Ottawa, to the state of Maryland, continues its advance towards Washington and Baltimore. More than 75 million people in the eastern United States They thus face poor air quality, while the New York authorities have had to cancel flights.

“Although there may be a significant improvement in conditions on Friday morning, prediction is difficult. It is difficult to predict the movement of smoke and we cannot give more guidelines at this time,” Adams said, noting that “this is not the day to train for a marathon or to hold events with children abroad.” Canada, which has suffered this year from the burning of four million hectares due to forest fires, had registered more than 400 fires on Tuesday.The dry weather and strong winds have contributed to the spread of particles to the United States, mainly from Quebec and Nova Scotia.