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Tennessee and North Carolina receiving the worst of the smoke on Saturday

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Smoke from wildfires drifts into Tennessee, North Carolina, and northern Georgia, November 12, 2016. NASA, with notations by Wildfire Today.

 Above: Smoke from wildfires drifts into Tennessee, North Carolina, and northern Georgia, November 12, 2016. NASA, with notations by Wildfire Today.

As the siege of wildfires continues in the southeast United States the smoke from the blazes continues to impact residents in the area. As the wind direction changes from day to day different populations are affected. Most of the smoke Saturday was blowing to the west and southwest.

We did some quick mapping and found that on Saturday approximately 4.5 million residents were experiencing moderate to heavy smoke in northern Georgia, northern Alabama, eastern Tennessee, and western North Carolina. Almost the entire state of Alabama was affected by lesser concentrations.

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Map of currently active wildfires, November 11, 2016.

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A list of 20 of the active wildfires in the South, November 12, 2016. NICC. The first two letters under “Unit” designate the state; “Chge” is the change in acreage over the previous report; “%” is percent contained; “Ctn/Comp”, Ctn is aggressive suppression of the fire, while Comp is less than aggressive suppression; “Est” is estimated containment date.

For the latest articles at Wildfire Today about wildfire smoke check out the articles tagged “smoke”.

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