WorldWildfires Push Portland Past Kinshasa for the World’s Worst Air

Wildfires burning across Washington and Oregon have filled the air with smoke. Portland now has the poorest air quality among major cities worldwide. The US city narrowly ranks worse than Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The comparison highlights the severe effect of the regional fires on Portland’s air.

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