Federal Agency Issues New Alerts Targeting Much of Northern US
Canadian wildfire smoke is again inundating parts of the northern United States this week, triggering air quality alerts spanning Montana to Vermont.
The alerts have been issued by the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) across about a dozen states on Monday morning, according to a map provided by the agency. Some news outlets estimated that the alerts affect about 70 million people, meaning they would see poor air quality with higher particulate matter.
Major cities under air quality alerts include New York City, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Columbus, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and Des Moines. According to monitoring service IQAir, Washington, Detroit, New York City, and Chicago as of Monday morning had some of the worst air quality in the world. Washington, D.C., however, wasn’t under an NWS air quality alert….