‘I can taste the air’: Canadian wildfire smoke spreads hazardous haze at home and in the U.S.

With lower-than-normal rainfall, forest firefighting crews have responded to far more blazes. One saw flames shooting above 50-foot trees.

Across the eastern U.S., officials warned residents to stay inside and limit or avoid outdoor activities again Thursday.

Hurricane Fiona is roaring over the Dominican Republic after knocking out power across all of Puerto Rico and causing damage the governor says is “catastrophic.”