‘Superfog’ made of fog and marsh fire smoke blamed for traffic pileups, road closures

NEW ORLEANS — A “superfog” made of smoke from marsh fires and dense fog used to be blamed for a minimum of two dozen traffic injuries, together with multi-car pileups, on interstate highways Monday in southeast Louisiana.

Sections of Interstates 55 and 10 west of New Orleans remained closed as of overdue morning. The 24-mile-long causeway over Lake Pontchartrain close to New Orleans used to be closed now and then.

On social media, the National Weather Service mentioned there have been a number of wetland fire within the area. It mentioned smoke from the fires blended with fog to create a “superfog.” Visibility used to be anticipated to enhance because the fog lifted. But it used to be unclear how lengthy the marsh fires, smoke from which might be noticed and smelled within the New Orleans space over the weekend, can be an element.

The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported a number of colleges in an close to New Orleans introduced magnificence cancellations or not on time openings because of the smoke and fog.