Air Quality Alert: North St. Louis; Northern Cook/Northern Lake; Central St. Louis; Southern Lake/North Shore; Southern Cook/North Shore; Carlton/South St. Louis

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Air Quality Alert — North St. Louis; Northern Cook/Northern Lake; Central St. Louis; Southern Lake/North Shore; Southern Cook/North Shore; Carlton/South St. Louis Severity: Unknown. Certainty: Unknown. * WHAT...The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an Air Quality Alert for fine particles pollution. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is expected to reach the Maroon or Hazardous category. * WHERE...Northeast Minnesota. * WHEN...Until 11 AM CDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Everyone is more likely to be affected. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Heavy smoke is expected to persist across much of northeastern Minnesota through the weekend and into Monday. A separate area of heavy smoke will move across northwestern Minnesota this morning and afternoon. Northwestern Minnesota should see improved air quality by this evening. Additional heavy smoke may move south from Canada this weekend, and the air quality alert may need to be extended into east central and southeastern Minnesota.