Air Quality Alerts Issued Across US States Amid Rising Pollution Levels
Millions in US states received warnings for hazardous air quality in June/July 2025. Learn why you should stay indoors and keep windows closed.
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https://newsletter.tf/how-dangerous-air-quality-alerts-affect-millions-in-us-states/
Air quality alerts affected millions across the US in June and July 2025, with AQI levels reaching 'extremely dangerous'. This is higher than the 'unhealthy' levels seen previously.
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https://newsletter.tf/how-dangerous-air-quality-alerts-affect-millions-in-us-states/
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A Spare the Air Alert is in effect Tuesday, Sept. 23, for the San Francisco Bay Area.
Concentrations of ground-level ozone pollution are forecast to be unhealthy. High levels of ozone pollution are harmful to breathe, especially for young children, seniors and those with respiratory and heart conditions. Protect your health by avoiding outdoor activities during the hottest part of the day.
You can help improve air quality by working remotely, taking transit, walking or biking, and by driving less every day.
This AirAlert is provided by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Thank you for doing your part to Spare the Air!
If you want more information on the air quality forecast, or other aspects of the local air quality program, please contact your local air quality agency using the information above. For more information on the U.S. EPA's AIRNow Program, visit http://www.airnow.gov. #AirQualityAlert #AQI #SFBA
Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service Hanford CA
406 PM PDT Wed Sep 3 2025
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Fresno-Kern-Kings-Madera-Merced-San Joaquin-Stanislaus-Tulare-
406 PM PDT Wed Sep 3 2025
The Valley Air District is issuing an Air Quality Alert on September 3, 2025, due to smoke impacts from wildfires in California including the Garnet Fire, the Marmon Fire, the Salt 11-2 Fire, and the TCU September Lightning Complex for San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and the Valley portion of Kern Counties.
This Air Quality Alert is in effect until the fires are extinguished.
Exposure to particle pollution can cause serious health problems, aggravate lung disease, cause asthma attacks and acute bronchitis, and increase risk of respiratory infections.
Residents are advised to use caution as conditions warrant. People with heart or lung diseases should follow their doctors advice for dealing with episodes of unhealthy air quality.
Additionally, older adults and children should avoid prolonged exposure, strenuous activities or heavy exertion, as conditions dictate.
For additional information, call your local San Joaquin Valley Air District office. Modesto 209-557-6400, Fresno 559-230-6000, Bakersfield 661-392-5500
Residents can also follow air quality conditions by downloading
the free Valley Air app, available in the Apple store or Google
Play. #airqualityalert #SanJoaquinValley #CAwx
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=AQAHNX&e=202509032306
We can't breathe
The Invisible #ClimateChange Effect That Is Most Likely to Kill You
#AirPollution is less dramatic than floods or storms, less inconvenient, and much harder to politicize. It’s also much more deadly.
Liza Featherstone, August 1, 2025
Excerpt: "In #NewYorkCity, I’m lucky enough to enjoy better air quality than many other places. We are only the fiftieth most #polluted city in the world, way behind #Chicago, #Dubai, #Jakarta, #Delhi, and numerous (enormously populous) cities in #China. But for a few days early this week, it was hard to breathe and our phones were buzzing with alerts warning that the most vulnerable—the very young and the very old, and those with poor respiratory health—should stay indoors, due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. But the elderly, the asthmatic, and the babies weren’t the only ones feeling it; my son, a college soccer player, got headaches training outside, as did his friends—all fellow rain-or-shine athletes. Yet for the most part, the problem has gone unremarked.
"Compared to a flood, a fire, or a heat wave, a bad #AirQualityAlert isn’t that inconvenient even when it’s happening. You can still go to work and otherwise go about your day. If you own property, it won’t be damaged. And because #AirPollution lacks visuals, it doesn’t lend itself to morbid #doomscrolling or panicked media coverage.
"Yet compared to floods, fires, and heat waves, bad air is much more deadly. In fact, the danger is barely even comparable. The World Health Organization estimates that air pollution kills about seven million people every year. The direct death toll from heat waves is under half a million, although that’s getting worse. The number of people who die in floods annually is in the thousands, and the direct death toll from wildfires is much smaller than that, though these threats are also getting worse. "
#AirQualityAlert #AirQuality #AirQualityIndex #AQI #AirPollution #AirIsLife #ParticulatePollution #ParticlePollution
Sunny but #hazy as #WildfireSmoke returns to #Maine Sunday
An #AirQuality Alert is in place for Sunday.
Emily Pike, August 2, 2025
"Sunday morning lows in the 50s and 60s, with highs in the 70s to 80s. Skies will be mostly sunny, but Canadian wildfire smoke will bring a thick haze for the higher elevations. An Air Quality Alert is in effect Sunday.
"An #AirQualityAlert is in effect from 1 AM to 11 PM on Sunday, August 3, 2025, for parts of #Maine and #NewHampshire due to expected high levels of #ParticlePollution.
"The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has issued the alert for the Western and Eastern Interior regions of the state, including areas in #Franklin, #Somerset, #York, Cumberland, #Androscoggin, and #Kennebec counties. The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has issued a similar alert for #Coos, #Grafton, and #Carroll counties.
"Air quality is expected to reach levels that are considered 'Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups' due to a plume of smoke moving in from Canada.
"Those most at risk include children, older adults, people with respiratory conditions such as asthma, bronchitis, or emphysema, and anyone who is physically active outdoors. Even healthy individuals may experience mild symptoms and should consider limiting strenuous or prolonged outdoor activity during this time.
"High pressure is keeping things dry and sunny, which may allow the smoke to linger into next week, thickening into Monday.
"Looking Ahead: Maine is off to a dry start this August. Without significant rainfall soon, #drought conditions could develop, potentially affecting #crops and increasing #FireRisk.
"The 8-day forecast shows only a few chances for showers and slightly below-average temperatures, mainly in the 70s to 80s."
Source:
https://www.wmtw.com/article/sunny-but-hazy-as-wildfire-smoke-returns-to-maine-sunday/65581788
#ClimateDiary #ClimateDiaryMaine #MaineWx #NewEnglandWx #WildfireSmoke #Hazy #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel
#SevereWeather #heatwave #AirQualityAlert
From CBS News.com: Maps show Southeast heat advisories, air quality alerts in Midwest
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maps-southeast-heat-advisories-air-quality-alerts-midwest/
South Dakota Residents Urged to Take Precautions as Smoke Affects Air Quality
#KXLGNews #KXLGRadio991 #LiveandLocal #LocalNews #WatertownSD
#StateNews #SouthDakota #SDDANR #AirQualityAlert
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AIR QUALITY ALERT
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Have you been getting an air quality alert today? I've been getting an alert this afternoon. Meteorologist Steve Caporizzo posted a graphic at Facebook, showing that the problem is greatest in the Hudson River Valley. So, it makes sense that the air quality gets worse as a person goes west from Brattleboro.
My sense of smell is not good; but it seems to me I am smelling the wildfire smoke indoors right now.
I'm waiting to get a Quality Air Alert.
Air quality alert issued through Monday morning for entire state of Minnesota due to wildfire smoke
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for all of Minnesota until 9…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #Airquality #AirQualityAlert #Headlines #MPCA
https://www.newsbeep.com/2583/
Air Quality Alert Issued for South Dakota Due to Canadian Wildfire Smoke
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#SouthDakota #news #wildfire #smoke #alert
New Jersey's Jones Road Wildfire: A 12,500-Acre Crisis Unfolds
#JonesRoadWildfire #NJWildfire2025 #OceanCountyFire #WildfireEvacuation #AirQualityAlert
https://eng.harbouchanews.com/2025/04/new-jerseys-jones-road-wildfire-12500.html
The #AirNow #Fire and #Smoke Map provides information that you can use to help protect your health from #wildfire smoke.
New in Version 4
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [#EPA] and the U.S. #ForestService are pleased to bring you this updated AirNow Fire and Smoke Map, with even more information you can use to protect yourself from wildland fire smoke. In addition, this version features an updated display that allows you to get a quick glance at information, tailored user interfaces for both desktop and mobile, and faster loading.
How To Use This Map
"The AirNow Fire and Smoke Map provides information that you can use to help protect your health from wildfire smoke."
More info:
https://www.airnow.gov/
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#Salem High School dismisses early as brush fires cause unhealthy air quality
Tuesday morning was the worst the air quality has been since the first significant fire broke out in Salem, based on data from the EPA
By Thea DiGiammerino and Alysha Palumbo
Published October 29, 2024
"''The fire itself is not the danger. It’s the air quality this morning,' said Chris O’Donnell, Salem Public Schools Director of Communications. 'As we arrived on campus this morning we could smell quite a bit of smoke. There’s always initial concern but we made it clear that the fire is not the danger.'
"According to the Environmental Protection Agency's #AirNow Fire and Smoke Map, air quality in Lynn had reached #HazardousLevels - over 300 PPM - early Tuesday morning, the worst alert level listed and considered an emergency. As of mid-morning it had dropped into the 'very unhealthy' level - between 201 to 300 PM - a category where the risk of health effects is increased for everyone. Levels may fluctuate depending on the fires and weather conditions. The public is advised to limit outdoor activities when possible.
"This is the second day of air quality concerns from the fire. On Monday the smell of smoke was strong all over the #Boston area due to a weather phenomenon called #inversion. That's when warm air traps cool air and smoke close to the ground, and that can be a concern for air quality because #wildfire smoke has been shown to carry #pollutants."
#AirLisLife #WildfireSeason
#ExtremeDrought #ClimateChange
#ClimateCrisis #NorthShore
#NorthShoreOfMassachusetts
#EssexCountyMassachusetts
#SalemMassachusetts #AirQualityAlert
#WDEFWeather #News12Weather: Thanks to our stagnant atmosphere with increasing #ozonepollution, the #CodeOrange #AirQualityAlert for the #ChattanoogaTN area counties has been extended through Thursday.
Details tonight on @WDEFNews12
Do you all check the AQI for your area, and does your reporting source break down the result? I find that particulate matter (esp. PM 2.5), and nitrogen dioxide, are the main contributors to poor air quality in my area.
Nobody in the U.S. has had it as bad as Klamath, Oregon, though, which recently reported a reading of 402 :blobcatscared: out of 500.
Fun fact: the Lovin' Spoonful sang "Hot town, summer in the city, back of my neck getting dirty and gritty" just four years before the passage of the Clean Air Act here in the United States.
Toxic smoke from fire at oil lease site triggers emergency alert in eastern Alberta
An out-of-control fire broke out at an oil lease site Tuesday afternoon in Minburn County, triggering an emergency air quality alert for people in the area to due toxic smoke.
#globalnews #Canada #AirQualityAlert #AlbertaEmergencyAlert #Irma
https://globalnews.ca/news/10261615/minburn-county-air-quality-alert/
Toxic smoke from fire at oil lease site triggers emergency alert in eastern Alberta
An out-of-control fire broke out at an oil lease site Tuesday afternoon in Minburn County, triggering an emergency air quality alert for people in the area to due toxic smoke.
#globalnews #Canada #AirQualityAlert #AlbertaEmergencyAlert #Irma
https://globalnews.ca/news/10261615/minburn-county-air-quality-alert/
