Smoke from Canada wildfires again stalls over Charlotte. NC air quality alerts issued.
Charlotte is under a Code Orange air quality alert for two days.
Source: yahoo.com
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Charlotte is under a Code Orange air quality alert for two days.
Air quality alerts related to smoke were in effect for parts of 17 states covering nearly a third of the American population.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection declared a Code Red Air Quality Action on Thursday for the entire state due to fine particulate matter from Canadian wildfires.
In the seven days ending Sunday, more than 3.5 million acres had burned. That's nearly 70 percent of an average full fire season in the country.
The peak of typical Canadian wildfire season still lies ahead.