Ishpeming, MI Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...AIR QUALITY ALERT FOR SATURDAY JULY 12 THROUGH MONDAY JULY 14...

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
(EGLE) has issued an Air Quality Alert from noon EDT Saturday July 12
through noon EDT Monday July 14, for elevated levels of fine
particulates (PM2.5). Pollutants are expected to be in the Very
Unhealthy (Purple) to Unhealthy (Red) AQI range.

The alert is in effect for the following Michigan Counties,

Keweenaw, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette, Baraga, Northern Houghton,
Ontonagon, Gogebic, 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.