Canadian wildfire smoke wafts across US as horrifying map reveals where air quality may turn deadly [Video]

11:38 EDT 01 Jun 2025, updated 11:43 EDT 01 Jun 2025

A horrifying map shows exactly where wafts of thick smoke and toxic chemicals will hit the US from the ongoing wildfires in Canada. 

Several large active wildfires have been burning from British Columbia to Saskatchewan and Manitoba over the last week, releasing plumes of toxic smoke toward America. 

More than 25,000 residents from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have been evacuated due to the out-of-control blazes and heavy plumes of smoke. 

Multiple states, including those in the Midwest, Northeast, near the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions, have advised residents of air quality alerts and health advisories caused by the smoke. 

The states expected to be impacted the most include Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, meteorologists have warned. Air quality alerts have been issued as toxic smoke made landfall there. 

Parts of the Dakotas, Illinois, Ohioand other states are all experiencing moderate and unhealthy air quality levels as …