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Issued: 5:51 PM Jun. 3, 2025 – National Weather Service
...AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY JUNE 3-4... The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is upgrading to an Air Quality Alert for elevated levels of fine particulates (PM2.5) in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, for Tuesday and Wednesday, June 3-4. Pollutants within those areas could reach the Unhealthy (Red AQI) range or higher. The alert is in effect for the following Michigan Counties, Menominee, Keweenaw, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette, Baraga, Southern Schoolcraft, Northern Houghton, Delta, Ontonagon, Gogebic, Luce, Alger, Northern Schoolcraft, and Southern Houghton. It is recommended that, when possible, you avoid strenuous outdoor activities, especially those with heart disease and respiratory diseases such as asthma. Monitor for symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, dizziness, or burning in nose, throat, and eyes. Reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to air pollution, such as outdoor burning, and use of residential wood burning devices. Keep windows closed overnight to prevent smoke from getting indoors and, if possible, run central air conditioning with MERV-13 or higher rated filters. For further information, please see EPA's Air Now site for up-to- date air quality data at https://www.airnow.gov For further health information, please see MDHHS' Wildfire Smoke and Your Health site at https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury- prev/environmental-health/your-health-and-wildfire-smoke.
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