Canadian Wildfire Smoke Drifts Into Northeast Triggering Air Quality Alerts
With summer-like heat moving in, health officials have issued a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for much of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and the Philadelphia metro area on Wednesday, June 4 (scroll down to check your town's air quality index).
The alerts, in effect from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., warn that ground-level ozone pollution could reach unhealthy levels for sensitive groups, including children, the elderly, and those with heart or lung disease, authorities in each state said. Click here to see today's air quality forecast.
In New Jersey, the Department of Environmental Protection iss…
Community Rallies Around Toddler Of Hartford Firefighter Severely Burned In Freak Accident
The 2-year-old daughter of a Hartford firefighter is fighting her own battle after she was severely burned in an "absolute freak accident." But she won't fight it alone.
Giuliana "GiGi" DeBella, daughter of Mike DeBella, was seriously burned on her face, hands, arm, shoulder, and chest, on Sunday, May 18, a GoFundMe to benefit her and her family said.
She was admitted to Shriners Children's Burn Center in Boston, where she is undergoing intensive treatment.
The GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $46,000 of its $55,000 goal, thanks to donations from over 430 contri…