Wildfire smoke from Canada is prompting health warnings in the U.S. again
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Air quality advisories were issued Sunday for parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin due to haze emitting from fires burning across western Canada.
Wildfires raging across Western Canada are sending smoke south of the border and prompting health warnings in several northern U.S. states for a second straight year.
Air quality advisories were issued Sunday for parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin due to haze emitting from fires burning in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, with the smoke lingering into Monday.
Air quality alerts were also issued in parts of those provinces and territories because of the fires.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued its first air quality alert of the season for the entire state on Sunday. The agency said pollution levels will be unhealthy for everyone, and urged people to remain indoors and avoid heavy exertion outdoors until the warning expired at noon on Monday.
The agency later extended the alert for southern Minnesota until 11 p.m. Monday.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued advisories for multiple counties across the state’s northern two-thirds on Sunday warning air quality is unhealthy for sensitive people. The advisories were set to end at noon on Monday as well.
The U.S. Air Quality Index on Monday also reported unhealthy levels of smoke in northern Iowa, and the National Weather Service has issued an advisory for the area as well.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration attributed the spread of the smoke to a low-pressure system across Canada.
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