Smoke from Canadian wildfires is causing air quality concerns for millions of Americans in the Midwest and Northeast.  Air quality alerts were in effect Tuesday in several states, including Michigan and New York.

Air quality has taken a serious hit across the United States as a twofold blow of wildfires in the West and in Canada have sent smoke pouring across large sections of the country — a problem that’s set to linger for days.

Wildfires burning in Canada were causing unhealthy air quality across parts of North America on Monday. By Judson Jones Judson Jones is a meteorologist and reporter for The Times. Canadian wildfires burning across northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan are sending smoke through central Canada,