Haze hangs over Harrisburg as smoke from Canadian wildfires filtered into Pennsylvania on June 8, 2023. The smoke degraded air quality across Pennsylvania and other states in the northeast. Editor's ...

The index rates how clean or polluted the air is each day. The EPA uses this measure to keep tabs on five kinds of air pollutants. The main concern from the wildfire smoke is fine particle pollution, ...

Knowing how to read the EPA's Air Quality Index can help you understand whether smoke from numerous Canadian wildfires makes it hazardous to breathe outside air. "The AQI is an index for reporting ...

Overview Google Maps has introduced a dedicated Air Quality (AQI) layer that allows users to check pollution levels in ...

Detroit, we have a code maroon! With the smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires wafting around the globe, millions of Americans are learning that, when it comes to air quality, there’s something ...

Those affected by wildfire smoke focus on the colors red, purple and maroon on the air quality charts. Red used to be the scariest color. Why did that change?(Story aired on ATC on June 28, 2023.) ...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires has reached the northwest Pennsylvania area. Wildfires burning across central Canada throughout the summer and winds have transported smoke over the Great Lakes this past ...

Pennsylvania is under a cloud of unhealthy air caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires. The state Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday declared a Code Red Air Quality Action Day for the ...