Wildfire smoke-laden haze could hang around Northeast and beyond for days, experts warn

The thick, hazardous haze that's disrupting daily life for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada, blotting out skylines and turning skies orange, should persist well into Thursday and possibly the weekend, experts say.

Weather systems are hardly expected to budge, so the smoky blanket billowing from wildfires in Quebec and Nova Scotia that are sending plumes of fine particulate matter as far away as North Carolina is expected to continue presenting challenges.

That means at least another day, or more, of the dystopian-style detour that's chased players from ballfields, actors from Broadway stages, delayed thousands of flights and sparked a resurgence in mask wearing and remote work - all while raising concerns about the health effects of prolonged exposure to such bad air.