Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the US Midwest to the East Coast, in photos
Jul 16, 2026, 10:49 PM | Updated: Jul 18, 2026, 5:20 am
The Statue of Liberty is photographed from the Staten Island Ferry as smoke from wildfires blankets the sky, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Credit: AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura
(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Heavy, pungent wildfire smoke darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility and prompting warnings that breathing the air outside could be dangerous.
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