# Air Quality Alert: New Castle — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-14 15:45 ingested 2026-07-15 08:14

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Air Quality Alert — New Castle
Severity: Unknown. Certainty: Unknown.
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control has issued a code orange air quality alert Wednesday
for New Castle County.

A code orange air quality alert means that air pollution
concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for
sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children...people
suffering from asthma... heart disease or other lung
diseases...and the elderly. The effects of air pollution can
be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors.

For more information on ground-level ozone and fine
particles...visit http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.