On Wednesday evening, the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx players were not on the Barclays Center floor. Blame it on poor air quality linked to forest fires in Canada. An orange cloud thus spread over the city for the whole day, and the air quality index was so bad that the planned sports meetings were canceled, and the WNBA postponed sine die this game.
This haze is accompanied by a lingering smell of burning, and the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, has asked the most fragile New Yorkers to stay at home.
“This is an unprecedented event in our city, and New Yorkers should take precautions” explained the mayor of the city. “At this time, we recommend that vulnerable New Yorkers stay indoors, and that all New Yorkers limit outdoor activities as much as possible.”.
Among the other postponed sporting events, there is, in MLB, the meeting between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox. Ditto in NWSL, with the postponement of the women’s soccer match between NJ/NY Gotham FC and Orlando Pride as flights at LaGuardia Airport were canceled due to low visibility.
According to the meteorological servicesthe pollution is expected to persist for a few days, “because the atmospheric masses that push it are relatively stagnant”.
