What is the Air Quality Index?
If you're seeing a thick haze outside your window, it's likely air pollution. Here's how to find out what the air quality is near you.
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If you're seeing a thick haze outside your window, it's likely air pollution. Here's how to find out what the air quality is near you.
Jeff Wagner has the latest headlines and updates from WCCO.com.
The entire state of Minnesota is under an air quality alert as large plumes of smoke from Canadian wildfires move into the region. WCCO's Jason Rantala shows the dangers of unsafe air quality and how to stay safe.
Three of Minnesota's biggest wildfires are inching closer to being 100% contained, while officials believe a fire in the Boundary Waters was cause by a lightning strike.
More than 25,000 Canadians have been forced to flee their homes as wildfires burn through thousands of acres, sending smoke down south into Minnesota and parts of the U.S.
An air quality alert continues through Monday evening in Minnesota as more smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to pour in, plus more of the day’s top stories.
All of Minnesota is under an air quality alert through Monday evening, which is when the heaviest haze could set in.
The National Weather Service says the air quality alert that goes through Monday is a result of smoke from wildfires in Canada.
Dozens of wildfires remained active Sunday and diminished air quality in parts of Canada and the U.S., according to officials.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued a statewide air quality alert, including all tribal nations, that will be in effect through 6 p.m. Monday due to smoke from the raging wildfires in Canada's Manitoba and Saskatchewan provinces.
Meteorologist Lisa Meadows says waves of wildfire smoke from Canada may impact air quality in Minnesota over the weekend.
Waves of smoke will be coming in from Canada through the weekend.
Raging wildfires in Canada's Manitoba and Saskatchewan provinces has prompted the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to issue a statewide air quality alert, which will be in effect until 6 p.m. Monday.
Wildfire smoke from Canada is expected to move over the U.S., and maps and satellite imagery show the large-scale impact of the blazes.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says the recovery effort is now underway amid the weekslong fight to contain several wildfires near the Arrowhead region, but warned "they will not be the last of this summer."
Gov. Tim Walz gave an update on the wildfires that have been burning north of Duluth for the past couple of weeks.
Parts of northeastern Minnesota are under air quality alerts due to raging wildfires in Manitoba, Canada.
Our recent rain has not helped our summer drought conditions. Our warm spring could mean a warmer summer.
WCCO has been reporting for weeks about the impacts of the northeastern Minnesota wildfires on the ground and in the air, but new research shows it could also impact the state's waterways.
University of Minnesota researchers say the massive northland Wildfires this month are leading to murkier water and more questions.
All evacuation orders prompted by wildfires north of Duluth, Minnesota, have been lifted, officials said Monday.
Hundreds of people are heading home for the first time since the massive wildfires in northern Minnesota sparked. As Frankie McLister explains, some are seeing charred cars and fallen houses.
Crews are continuing to fight the wildfires in the Arrowhead.
More than 30,000 acres have been scorched in the northland, as crews near two weeks of battling the flames.
A Minnesota family is asking for help after wildfires destroyed their longtime home.
