Figure skater Cassie helps daughter at Cedar Rapids invitational
Cassie Schmuecker of Woodbury Minnesota, a former Disney on Ice skater, helps her eight year old daughter Breelie Schmuecker stretch before the Eastern Iowa Figure Skating Club Invitational at Imon Ice Arena in Cedar Rapids. Breelie smiles during the event as Cassie wears ice skating themed shoes watching from the ice.
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Woodbury
Minn
Breelie Schmuecker
Iowa
Imon Ice Arena
Cedar Rapids
Cassie
Breelie
Midwest
Savannah Blake
the Gazette
Smoke from Canadian wildfires paints skies across Atlantic regions
Reports say smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires has spread over 5,000 miles to reach Russia and European skies. CAMS notes this reflects the fires' scale in Manitoba and Saskatchewan while sunsets in Ireland and the UK turn smoky. Canada and U S regions face poor air quality with millions of acres burned this year.
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Canada
Atlantic
Russia
Greenland
Arctic Archipelago
Manitoba
Ireland
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Europe
Saskatchewan
Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service
CAMS
United States
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ontario
Quebec
Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center
China
Japan
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Smoke from Quebec Fires Has Different June 2028 Patterns
June 2028 smoke from Quebec wildfires produced Mars like scenes in New York with poor air quality across the Northeast. Emissions in Canada are near 2023 levels early in June, driven by Manitoba reaching a record high for fire emissions. The Plains and Midwest faced the strongest air quality impacts so far.
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Quebec
Seaboard
New York
United States
Manitoba
Plains
Midwest
CAMS
Canada
Sahara dust plume crosses Atlantic reaching Florida
A large Saharan dust plume, estimated around 13 megatons, traveled over 6,000 miles from Africa to Florida, darkening skies in Puerto Rico earlier in the week. The National Weather Service in Miami said it could hinder thunderstorm formation, raise temperatures, and deposit dust on cars, with forecasts predicting similar dust reaching Caribbean islands. If dust eases in late June, Atlantic storm formation could improve.
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Florida
Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Southeast
National Weather Service
Miami
Caribbean Islands
Atlantic Ocean
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