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Air quality alert in effect due to wildfire smoke
An Illinois Air Pollution Action Day is declared when weather conditions are such that widespread ozone and or particulate levels are expected to be at or above the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) category of the Air Quality Index for all or almost all of Illinois.
Afternoon Briefing: Air quality alerts issued across Illinois
Good afternoon, Chicago. Air quality alerts issued today in Illinois because of Canadian wildfire smoke marked the latest bout in an increasingly common summer occurrence. The alert covers 34 Illinois counties designated as having unhealthy air for all residents.
National Weather Service officials called an air quality alert in effect until midnight as well as a beach hazard warning.
While the haze slightly lifted Saturday morning, air quality levels are expected to worsen across the Chicago area over the ...
"The air quality is officially dangerous in Chicago," says Brian Urbaszewski, director of environmental health programs at ...
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota are under air quality alerts for unhealthy conditions as Canadian wildfire smoke ...
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Red Air Pollution Action Day issued for multiple Illinois countiesThe Illinois EPA and IDPH are warning residents of unhealthy air quality due to Canadian wildfire smoke, and are urging ...
Smoke from wildfires blazing across Canada is once again wafting over huge portions of the U.S. Midwest and worsening air ...
Smoke has continued to cloud Illinois' air for a second straight day, but the poor air quality isn't because of a fire in the ...
The hazy skies in the Chicago area are the visible sign of the poor air quality Thursday as smoke from Canadian wildfires ...
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