Western wildfires spreading smoke as far as Canada and New York
CBSN
An enormous wildfire is burning across several Western states, but winds are carrying its smoke much further. The National Weather Service shared satellite images Tuesday showing smoke drifting southeast across New York and the Tri-State area.
The service said the smoke would filter the sunshine throughout the day – and some New Yorkers woke up to hazy skies and a bright orange sun. This phenomenon has happened before, when smoke from wildfires in the West spread all the way to Washington, D.C. in September 2020, causing the sky to look hazy and orange.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.