LIVE UPDATES: Smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets the Midwest • Chicago air quality is the worst in the world, according to IQAir • NWS issues air quality alerts for Tuesday and Wednesday • NY governor says smoke expected to impact region More:
In a tweet Tuesday, the city’s Office of Emergency Management & Communications said an air quality alert will remain in effect until midnight Wednesday.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul released a statement Tuesday warning those in the state to take precautions and brace for bad air quality in the coming days. "Over the next ... 48 hours we're anticipating the smoke and the haze to come all across the state," Hochul said."We've been watching this and monitoring this, and it's going to enter the New York skies tomorrow morning, with Western and Central New York hit first Wednesday. And by Thursday, you're going to see smoke affecting New Yorkers here in the city as well.
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