#SATELLITE SPOTLIGHT: From 22,236 miles above, NOAA's #GOES16 captured the intense heat and massive #smoke plumes emanating from the #wildfires burning in Quebec yesterday. #AirQuality Alerts continue for many areas in the eastern U.S. due to the smoke. weather.gov
🔴⚠️🔥🇨🇦 #ShellburbeFire is now the largest #wildfire ever in #NovaScotia ,with 19000ha burned so far. It is still out of control, as visible with its scary plume in the 12hrs #GOES16 animation. #Tallantonfire is ongoing too with 800ha burned area #Halifax #ClimateEmergency
⚠️🔴🔥🇨🇦Final update of #NovaScotia : #Shellburne # fire is quickly growing in the whole day and producing heavy smoke, #Tantallonfire is still active but it did not increase its extension. Here the 8hrs #GOES16 animation before sunset. #Canada #Halifaxfire #ClimateEmergency