THE RARE CONDITION?
>> BUT WE BEGIN WITH THE
DANGEROUS AIR QUALITY FOR
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS .
13 STATES ARE UNDER ALERT
AS SMOKE FROM HUNDREDS OF
WILDFIRES IN CANADA SPREADS
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
AND MID-ATLANTIC.
RIGHT NOW, NEW YORK CITY HAS
SOME OF THE WORST AIR QUALITY
IN THE WORLD, AND DETROIT IS UP
THERE AS WELL.
TREVOR AULT IN FORT LEE,
NEW JERSEY, WITH THE LATEST
WILDFIRE SMOKE BLANKETING
THE SKIES FOR MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS .
THERE'S THE SUN AGAIN.
>> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ISSUING AIR QUALITY ALERTS ALL
OVER THE NORTHEAST, STRETCHING
WEST TO OHIO AND EVEN AS FAR
SOUTH AS THE CAROLINAS IN
GEORGIA.
>> IT'S VERY STRANGE.
I GOT ABOUT THE SUBWAY AND IT
LOOKED LIKE A ZOMBIE
APOCALYPSE.
OVERNIGHT.
>> NEW YORK CITY'S AIR QUALITY
REGISTERING AS THE WORST OF ANY
MAJOR CITY WORLDWIDE.
>> IT'S KIND OF GOT TO A
YELLOWY HAZE TO IT.
>> MILLIONS OF PHONES GETTING
ALERTS LIKE THESE.
THE CITY'S AIR QUALITY INDEX
PEAKING ABOVE 200, A LEVEL
CONSIDERED VERY UNHEALTHY,
PARTICULARLY FOR THE ELDERLY
AND THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY
ISSUES SMALLER THAN
THE IMMEDIATE HEALTH RISKS ARE
WORSENING OF ASTHMA
AND WORSENING OF ALLERGIES.
THIS IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY
THE WORST I'VE SEEN THE NUMBERS
SPORTS RECESS OUTSIDE PLAY
CANCELED FOR MILLIONS OF
CHILDREN ACROSS THE REGION.
I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND WENT
OUTSIDE AND IT WAS VERY STRANGE
.
IT JUST SORT OF AN EERIE
FEELING, OFFICIALS SAY,
TO CAUSE WILDFIRES IN CANADA,
10,000 MILES OF CANADIAN LAND
HAS BEEN SCORCHED SO FAR THIS
FIRE SEASON.
>> AN AREA LARGER THAN
THE STATE OF VERMONT WITH 26000
PEOPLE EVACUATING FROM
THEIR HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> THERE ARE CURRENTLY
FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN
WILDFIRES BURNING IN
TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE OF
THOSE FIRES ARE DEEMED OUT OF
CONTROL.
>> AND TREVOR AULT JOINS ME NOW
FROM FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY.
TREVOR , WHAT'S IT LIKE THERE
RIGHT NOW?
WELL, WE'RE WATCHING IT AS WE
GET FURTHER INTO THE MORNING,
DIANE .
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GETTING EVEN
WORSE.
WE DO KNOW THAT IT COMES IN
WAVES, BUT NEW YORK CITY
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT HAS
CONTINUED TO BE UP NEAR
THE VERY TOP AND SOMETIMES AT
THE WORST, AIR QUALITY OF ANY
MAJOR CITY IN THE ENTIRE
WORLD .
YOU MENTIONED DETROIT IS ALSO
ON THAT LIST, TOO.
I MEAN, THAT'S A SENSE OF
THE BREADTH OF ALL THIS SMOKE.
RIGHT NOW, NEW YORK CITY
AND DETROIT ARE NUMBER TWO TO
NUMBER THREE IN TERMS OF WORST
AIR QUALITY OF ALL MAJOR
CITIES.
EVERYWHERE.
WE'RE, OF COURSE, HEARING FROM
FROM THESE EXPERTS THAT ARE
TELLING PEOPLE YOU REALLY WANT
TO TRY TO STAY INDOORS.
IS IT AN IMMEDIATE DANGER OR
THREAT TO HEALTHY PEOPLE?
NOT NECESSARILY, BUT EVEN
PEOPLE WHO ARE HEALTHY ARE
LIKELY GOING TO FEEL
THE EFFECTS IN SOME CAPACITY,
EITHER IN THEIR BREATHING OR IN
THEIR EYES.
YEAH, WE WERE TOLD TO PUT