Hancock, MI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR SUNDAY JULY 13 AND MONDAY JULY 14...

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
(EGLE) has issued an Air Quality Alert for Sunday July 13 and Monday
July 14, for elevated levels of fine particulates (PM2.5).
Pollutants are expected to be in the Unhealthy (Red AQI) to USG
(Orange AQI) range.

The alert is in effect for the following Michigan Counties,

Keweenaw, Menominee, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette, Baraga, Northern
Houghton, Southern Schoolcraft, Ontonagon, Delta, 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 up-to-date air quality data for Michigan visit the MiAir site:
https://air-egle.hub.arcgis.com/

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.