New York City topped the list of the world's worst air pollution Tuesday morning as harmful smoke wafted south from more than a hundred wildfires burning in Quebec.
Air quality alerts were in effect across parts of the Northeast and the Midwest on Tuesday as wildfire smoke spread west into Detroit and Chicago.
Detroit was listed in IQair's top 10 worst locations for air pollution on Tuesday afternoon. Chicago's air quality was moderate on Tuesday afternoon and is expected to remain moderate for the next couple of days. Parts of New York and New England will also remain under an air quality alert on Tuesday, including most of New York state and all of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont. Cities like Baltimore, Boston, Hartford, Providence and Montpelier, Vermont, are forecast to have air quality that is unhealthy for sensitive groups on Tuesday.A cold front is expected to move south over the next few days, pushing smoke farther south and east throughout the week.
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