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Gray skies before the battle between Argentina and Spain
Gray skies and dense fog greeted the Spanish national team delegation upon their arrival in New York, amid a wave of wildfire smoke from Canada, just 72 hours before the 2026 World Cup final.
The Spanish team’s planes landed at Newark Airport in New Jersey, the host city of the final, amid foggy conditions that have fueled more than 800 wildfires that have spread across Ontario and other parts of Canada, with effects spreading up the US East Coast.
So far, the situation is not officially a concern, and local authorities are confident that the atmosphere will improve by Sunday, the day of the final match. According to the findings of the newspaper:come on“FIFA has not yet been in contact with the Spanish national team delegation, despite confirming that there are protocols in place to deal with any development that may require precautionary measures to be taken.
According to CNN, the situation is expected to improve from Friday, but anxiety remains. The air quality index in the region has reached 101, a level classified as dangerous for sensitive groups, while no significant impact on the rest of the population is expected.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has sparked air quality alerts ahead of the World Cup finals in New York, but Columbia University’s Dan Westervelt says rain should clear conditions without major disruption to the weekend’s events. https://t.co/JL12c87yGy pic.twitter.com/ssbsScdQ24
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 16, 2026
The phenomenon began to affect the area where the final will be held from Wednesday night, as a result of weather changes that caused smoke particles to fall to the Earth’s surface instead of falling to the Earth’s surface as it did in the upper layers on Tuesday, resulting in a fog that completely covered New York City.
So far, no official warning has been issued, but there is a state of anticipation among the circles organizing the final, waiting for the results of the next hours regarding the air quality.
