Eastern Shore feeling effects from Canadian wildfires

Dorchester-Wicomico-Somerset-Inland Worcester-Maryland Beaches-

459 PM EDT Thu Jun 8 2023

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY NIGHT...

The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code ORANGE
Air Quality Alert across the Maryland Eastern Shore...for Fine
Particulates.. until midnight EDT Friday night.

Air quality is expected to reach code ORANGE...which is unhealthy
for sensitive groups...and means individuals with respiratory and/or
heart ailments...older adults...and children should reduce prolonged
or heavy outdoor exertion.

An Air Quality Alert means that Fine Particulates concentrations
within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For
more information on ground-level ozone and fine particles please
visit the Maryland Department of the Environment Web Site at
http:www.mde.maryland.gov/programs/air/