AirNow showed the Detroit area, with 4.3 million people, recording a “hazardous” AQI touching 306, before dropping off slightly. theSun thesundaily Canada wildfires AirNow emergencyconditions
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Canada’s most populous city Toronto was a 10 out of 10 -- “high risk” -- on Environment Canada’s air quality health index, while Swiss-based monitoring company IQAir pegged it as the worst air quality of any major city in the world. The suburbs of Chicago, whose metropolitan area is home to more than nine million people, posted a “very unhealthy” air quality index, or AQI, of 285 mid-day Wednesday, according to AirNow.
“Air Quality in Chicago is still very unhealthy today. Please limit time outdoors,“ Chicago’s emergency management office post on Twitter. “Unhealthy levels of smoke are expected for a wide swath of the Midwest today, the US National Weather Service said. New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority said it would offer free KN95 masks at its subway and train stops.The wildfire smoke has drifted across the Atlantic Ocean and over European countries including Portugal and Spain.
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