# Air Quality Alert: Dorchester; Wicomico; Somerset; Inland Worcester; Maryland Beaches — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-07-15 17:48 ingested 2026-07-16 08:17

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

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Air Quality Alert — Dorchester; Wicomico; Somerset; Inland Worcester; Maryland Beaches
Severity: Unknown. Certainty: Unknown.
The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code ORANGE
Air Quality Alert across the Maryland Eastern Shore...for Ground
Level Ozone...until midnight EDT Thursday night.

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 please
visit the Maryland Department of the Environment Web Site at
http:www.mde.maryland.gov/programs/air/

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record.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.