Air Quality Alert In Effect For NE Maryland

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- An air quality alert is in effect for much of northeast Maryland, as it's code orange on the air quality index.

The alert is in effect for Anne Arundel; Carroll; Cecil; Central and Southeast Howard; Northern Baltimore; Northwest Harford; Northwest Howard; Southeast Harford; Southern Baltimore Counties until midnight on Sunday.

Sunday marks the beginning of a possible heat wave for much of the state, which is when there are three or more days of temperatures at-or-above 90 degrees.

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