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Some northern U.S. states saw air quality alerts on Monday, as smoke blew in from wildfires in western Canada. Authorities told several communities in British Columbia to evacuate over the weekend. In the U.S., drifting smoke prompted air quality alerts in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. North Dakota, South Dakota, and northern Michigan also saw poor air quality, according to government data.described the wildfires as “explosive” and exhibiting “extreme fire behavior.
The Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul in Minnesota claimed the worst air quality in America on Monday after winds carried the smoke southeastward into the northern U.S. Central and northern Wisconsin are under an air quality advisory due to Canadian wildfire smoke, according to the National Weather Service in Sullivan.
Visibilities are ranging from 4 to 7 miles in parts of west central and northern Wisconsin, as well as southern Minnesota, Gehring said.
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