Nearly 9,000 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in Oregon and Washington are contributing to conditions that are almost “cosmically unlucky,” as one meteorologist put it.Smoke from wildfires in Canada shrouds the New York skyline Thursday.Victor J. Blue / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesJuly 17, 2026, 3:07 PM EDTDense smoke blanketed skylines for a third consecutive day Friday, once again sending air quality plummeting to dangerous levels across the Midwest and the Northeast. Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.
As wildfire smoke threatens the World Cup final, more trouble may be brewing in the Pacific Northwest
Nearly 9,000 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in Oregon and Washington are contributing to conditions that are almost “cosmically unlucky,” as one meteorologist put it.
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