Houghton, MI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY FOR MONDAY JUNE 2...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has issued an Air
Quality Advisory for Monday June 2, for elevated levels of
fine particulates (PM2.5). Pollutants are expected to be in the
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups range.

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.