https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/world/wildfires-siberia-us-canada-climate-intl/index.html

ByIvana Kottasová, CNN
Photo editorSarah Tilotta, CNN

Updated 6:16 AM ET, Thu July 22, 2021

(CNN)Yakutsk in Russian Siberia isknown as the world’s coldest city. In a place where even an exposed nose during the winter months can cause biting pain, people are accustomed to taking precautions against freezing temperatures, including spending extra time in the morning to dress in many layers.But now the city is blanketed in hazeas nearby wildfires tear through foreststhat have been parched by weeks of heatwaves. The fires are so big, and the winds strong, smoke is traveling as far away as Alaska.In the US, the Bootleg wildfire in Oregon has grown into a monstrous complexwith its own weather, sending the dense smoke some 3,000 miles across one end of the continent to the other.New York City on Wednesdaywoke up to an…