Some schools switched to remote instruction and residents were told to stay indoors or wear protective face masks outdoors.Īt the same time, social justice advocates sounded the alarm about the dangers facing cities' most vulnerable residents who live without proper shelter and couldn't easily escape the smoggy air. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, millions of Americans were under Air Quality Alerts along the East Coast in cities like New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Those warnings, however, are far more localized than the widespread air quality concerns after a smokey haze from Canada's wildfires plagued the eastern United States earlier this week.
Meteorologists on Saturday alerted millions of residents in Puerto Rico and Texas of potentially dangerous heat conditions, with some areas expecting heat indexes over 110 degrees.
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