On Thursday at 4:15 a.m. EDT the National Weather Service reported an air quality alert in effect until Friday at midnight EDT for Emmet, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency,

Smoke from Canadian wildfires will contribute to poor air quality throughout Michigan on Wednesday and Thursday.

A thick blanket of smoke from Canadian wildfires is pushing southward across the US, prompting air quality alerts across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Connecticut. Millions of residents are advised to reduce outdoor exposure as air pollution levels reach unhealthy to very unhealthy levels,