Why It's So Smoky in New York City and Philadelphia Today

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Why It's So Smoky in New York City and Philadelphia Today
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In recent weeks, parts of Europe have been plagued by poor air quality, including London and Paris (http://mashable.com/2014/03/14/paris-air-pollution-crisis/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). **w, it’s New York's and Philadelphia's turn.

But unlike in Europe, where the smog resulted from a combination of dust that blew in (http://mashable.com/2014/04/02/sahara-dust-storm-uk-france/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) from the Sahara Desert and air pollution from cars, trucks and factories, the issue in New York on Monday arose from a much more common and local phe**me**n: a New Jersey brush fire in Wharton State Forest, about 90 miles outside of Manhattan.

See also: China Tests Auto**mous Smog-Busting Drone (http://mashable.com/2014/03/11/china-tests-auto**mous-smog-busting-drone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


Above, video of approach and landing at a hazy Newark International Airport on Monday. Credit: Instagram/LimeyFlier Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/07/new-york-philadelphia-*****/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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