Air quality, wildfire smoke
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Ozone levels and wildfire smoke are expected to worsen the air quality on Wednesday in Allegan, Kent, Muskegon, Ottawa and Van Buren counties.
NOACA has issued a Tuesday air quality advisory for Greater Cleveland and Akron due to 'fine particle matter' from the ongoing wildfires in Canada.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has declared an Air Quality Advisory for June 11. The advisory has been issued due to for elevated levels of ozone in the southwestern Michigan counties.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Once again, an Air Quality Alert has been issued for Western New York until Sunday night. The alert runs until 11:59 p.m. Sunday and includes the entire region: Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties.
Michigan's air, which has been tainted for several days by wafting smoke from Canadian wildfires, is expected to improve over the weekend, state officials said. But don't breathe too deep a sigh of relief, experts warned: Conditions could decline again early next week.
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Lansing State Journal on MSNWhen will the air clear? Lansing's air quality index for June 6Canadian wildfire smoke lingers over the Greater Lansing area on June 6. The entire Lower Peninsula is under an air quality advisory.