Stein has asthma, and she put on an N95 mask to protect herself She was planning to go for a walk outside afterward but decided against it because just the walk to her car left her coughing from the smoke. Sheryl Stein, a writer in Arlington, Virginia, went out Thursday morning to exercise at her local community center. In some areas, authorities discouraged people from exercising outside over concerns the pollution could damage their breathing, especially if they have asthma. Washington, Chicago, Detroit among cities with worst air quality in the worldĪs of Thursday morning, the Washington, D.C., area, Chicago and Detroit were among the cities with the worst air quality in the world, according to IQ Air's Air Quality Index. The Canadian wildfires have burned a larger area than the state of Maine. "Some places are having a repeat of yesterday, some are worse than yesterday," Jackson said, adding that the smoke moved into cities like Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., starting Wednesday afternoon. The federal government tracks and publishes searchable real-time results. The unhealthy air shifted slightly south since Wednesday, and more parts of the country are being affected, National Weather Service meteorologist Bryan Jackson told USA TODAY.
cities on Thursday − from the Midwest to the Northeast to the mid-Atlantic to the Southeast − leading to perilous air quality for millions and prompting warnings to limit outdoor time. − Smoke from wildfires raging in Canada engulfed more U.S.
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