CNN CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera September 15, 2019 00:48:00
United states. >> reporter: take a trip across alaska this summer from the iceless north to the smokey south. you'll see that when it comes to alarming changes, the last frontier feels like the first in line. >> this is insane. >> reporter: fire season used to end on august 1st, like rainy clockwork. but it is so hot and dry the swan lake fire has been burning for three months. and the most populated part of the state is swallowing more smoke than ever before. >> if you look at the actual observations we've had more than twice as many smokey hours in 2019 than any other season and almost as ma...