SOUTHFIELD (WWJ) -- It'll be yet another day of hazy skies in Metro Detroit, so you may want to limit your time outdoors.
All of Michigan remains under an Air Quality Advisory, now extended through Tuesday night (Aug. 5), due to smoke from wildfires burning in Canada.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) says smoke from Canada is expected to continue make the air dangerous for people with heart disease and/or asthma.
EGLE declared the Quality Advisory for for elevated levels of fine particulates (PM2.5) across the state. Pollutants are expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG, Orange AQI) range with some locations reaching the Unhealthy (Red AQI) range.
It is recommended that, when possible, you avoid strenuous outdoor activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory diseases like asthma. Monitor for symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, dizziness, or burning in nose, throat, and eyes. Reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to air pollution, such as: outdoor burning, use of residential wood burning devices.
WWJ's Charlie Langton reported, Monday morning: "You can kind of feel the thickness in the air, you can almost see it, too; you can even smell it a little bit."
Langton spoke with Detroiters who said they were coughing and wheezing through the weekend, and were dismayed to find the smoke was still lingering.
Shouldn't Canada do something about this? Langton asked Detroiter Kalani Thompson.
"Every country has its own philosophy on how they do things, right? And so no one's telling us how to do things right now; maybe they should," Thompson said.
"We don't have any wildfires," Langton pointed out.
"No, but we've got other things burning," Thompson said.
This is happening as it's been cooler overnight, with temperatures down into the comfortable 60s. However, regardless of the temperature, people are urged to keep their windows closed overnight to prevent smoke from getting indoors and, if possible, run central air conditioning with MERV-13 or higher rated filters.
Currently, the Air Quality Advisory is set to expire at midnight Tuesday, although it could be extended again. Stay with WWJ for updates.
For up-to-date air quality data for Michigan visit the MiAir site at THIS LINK.
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