Plumes of wildfire smoke engulf major US cities

Toledo, Ohio, recorded an Air Quality Index reading that soared above 800 around 5:30 p.m., far exceeding the standard 0-to-500 scale typically used to measure pollution and well past the threshold of 300 that officially classifies air as hazardous.

Prime Minister Mark Carney was asked about U.S. elected officials’ complaints over wildfire smoke from Canada.

Nasa’s Fire Information for Resource Management System, or Firms, shows pockets of Canadian wildfires reaching deep into the Northwest Territories.

Flash floods have submerged parts of the Texas Hill Country, one year after a deluge that killed more than 130 people in the same region.