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A photo of a person standing in front of the New York City skyline which is barely visible through an orange haze.

Smoke from wildfires in Eastern Canada shrouded New York City (shown) and other cities along the U.S. East Coast in a thick haze of fine particles on June 7.

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By Carolyn Gramling

Updated

Even as the thick clouds of smoke from wildfires raging in eastern Canada, which blanketed the U.S.