{"id":298460,"date":"2026-07-17T07:29:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/298460\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T07:29:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:29:48","slug":"canadian-wildfire-smoke-turns-skies-yellow-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/298460\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian wildfire smoke turns skies yellow in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hazy conditions are taking their effect on upstate New York, turning skies orange and yellow from the Canadian wildfire smoke.<\/p>\n<p>The smoke, combined with already high temperatures in the state this week, is creating unhealthy air quality conditions. Young children, the elderly and people with pre-existing health conditions are most vulnerable to the reduced air quality, but everyone is being urged to limit their time outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>To limit exposure to unhealthy air quality, people should stay indoors with windows and doors closed. Avoid heavy exertion outdoors, using fans or swamp coolers that take air from outside, all wood-burning appliances, and lighting candles and incense.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wildfiresmoke_buffalo2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wildfiresmoke_buffalo7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wildfiresmoke_buffalo6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wildfiresmoke_buffalo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wildfiresmoke_buffalo.jpeg1\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wildfiresmoke_buffalo.jpeg3\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wildfiresmoke_buffalo.jpeg5\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wildfiresmoke_buffalo.jpeg4\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A smoky look at downtown Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rochester_downtown_smoke_air_Cropped.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"Downtown Rochester (Spectrum News 1)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Downtown Rochester (Spectrum News 1)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rochester_south_smoke_Cropped.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"Looking south from downtown Rochester. (Spectrum News 1)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Looking south from downtown Rochester. (Spectrum News 1)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Corn_Hill_Rochester_smoke_Cropped.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"Looking west from downtown Rochester. (Spectrum News 1)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Looking west from downtown Rochester. (Spectrum News 1)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UNY-Spec-EmilyKenny-SmokeSkies-20260716-002.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"On the Thruway near Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1\/Emily Kenny)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On the Thruway near Buffalo. (Spectrum News 1\/Emily Kenny)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UNY-Spec-EmilyKenny-SmokeSkies-20260716-004.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (Spectrum News 1\/Emily Kenny)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (Spectrum News 1\/Emily Kenny)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UNY-Spec-EmilyKenny-SmokeSkies-20260716-005.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"hashed-image image\" img-data-alignment=\"center\" img-data-width=\"percent-hundred\" loading=\"lazy\" img-data-caption=\"Outside of Syracuse (Spectrum News 1\/Emily Kenny)\" img-data-wrap-text=\"true\" img-data-editing=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Outside of Syracuse (Spectrum News 1\/Emily Kenny)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hazy conditions are taking their effect on upstate New York, turning skies orange and yellow from the Canadian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[12772,113,9,11,10,49,51,50,12,115,133,13934],"class_list":["post-298460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-brian-campbell","tag-buffalo","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-news","tag-rochester","tag-weather","tag-weather-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}