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Air Quality Alert
Issued: 7:45 PM May. 18, 2026 – National Weather Service
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY MAY 19... The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has issued a code orange air quality alert Tuesday for New Castle County. A code orange air quality alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children...people suffering from asthma... heart disease or other lung diseases...and the elderly. The effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors. For more information on ground-level ozone and fine particles...visit http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov
Heat Advisory
Issued: 6:11 PM May. 18, 2026 – National Weather Service
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Heat index values up to 98. * WHERE...In Delaware, New Castle County. In Pennsylvania, Eastern Chester County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Record setting high temperatures are quite possible through Wednesday, with maximum heat indices nearing 100 degrees during peak heating each afternoon. Given the intensity of this early season stretch of heat and humidity, we are not acclimated to it yet and therefore impacts could be greater if precautions are not taken. Showers and some thunderstorms arrive later Wednesday afternoon and evening which will break this early season heat. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. &&
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