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Live updates: Chicago’s air quality index is the worst in the U.S. as Canadian wildfire smoke lingers

NBC News

By NBC News

June 28, 2023


Much of the American Midwest and Northeast faced unhealthy air alerts because smoke from Canada wildfires continued to blanket the region, while the Southern U.S. faced extremely dangerous heat, forecasters said.

There were 127 million people under air quality alerts, and 79 million more under heat alerts about 7 p.m. ET, according to the NBC News Weather Unit.

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