Canadian wildfire smoke reaches Europe; hazy skies over Paris expected
Heavy smoke from intense wildfires in
Canada has reached northwestern
Europe , the
European Union 's climate monitoring service said on Tuesday.
The huge plumes are at a very high altitude and do not pose an immediate health risk, it said in a statement.
'Smoke originating from the wildfires in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan has been transported across the Atlantic,' the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) said.
Satellites tracked the smoke in mid-May, with some plumes reaching as far east as
Greece and the eastern Mediterranean.
'A second, much larger, smoke plume crossed the Atlantic during the last week of May, reaching northwestern parts of Europe on June 1,' CAMS said.
Additional plumes are expected to shade the continent in the coming days.
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