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It's not just sensitive populations who are at risk in the current poor air quality conditions due to the wildfire smoke.

The Lehigh Valley has been under Air Quality Action Days this week, with another forecast Friday, due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. Here's what each color-coded warning means.

The U.S. Air Quality Map shows New Jersey and New York City have the worst air quality in the country as of Thursday morning.

Smoke from wildfires in Canada has drifted down into the U.S., leading to extremely poor air quality across much of the eastern U.S.

Smoke from wildfires in Canada has drifted down into the U.S., leading to extremely poor air quality across much of the eastern U.S.

The region is in the midst of an 18-day dry spell, which has affected some local summer crops and delayed planting of some fall pumpkin crops.

Ozone levels could pose some problems for sensitive groups.

A Code Red Air Quality Alert has been issued for a large portion of the area, Wednesday, and a First Alert Weather Day is now in place.

The entire state of North Carolina is under air quality alerts due to smoke particles from Canadian wildfires.

Code Orange for Particle Pollution is in effect for most of North Carolina tonight. A CODE RED for Wednesday has been issued for unhealthy air quality for all.