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The Detroit area woke up Wednesday to some of the worst air quality in the United States as smoke from Canada's wildfires settled over most of the U.S
MONTREAL — This week's rainfall likely won't be enough to extinguish the wildfires in northern Quebec, but the wet weather could give firefighters a chance to get ahead of the flames, officials said Tuesday.
While rain storms weren't as bad in many areas of the Greater Montreal Area, the city of Vaudreuil-Dorion west of the island got hit with a short, intense rainstorm that caused flash flooding in the area.
The skies opened up Monday afternoon in Vaudreuil-Dorion with more than 60 millimetres of rain falling in less than an hour, causing minor flooding in homes and businesses.
Meanwhile, NASA is reporting that smoke from wildfires in northern Quebec has reached Europe.