Air quality alerts were issued for sections of the East Coast spanning from New Hampshire to South Carolina for Wednesday.
Just how bad is the air quality?Air quality is gauged by measuring how prevalent fine particles, generally 2.5 µm or smaller, are in the air. That is then put on a scale from 0-500. This is known as the air quality index.
As of early Wednesday, the air quality index in Philadelphia, New York and several other major cities is well above 151, with some areas above 200. Kingston, Ontario, near the border with New York, reported an air quality index of 448 Wednesday morning, which would be considered hazardous for everyone.
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