If you suffer from asthma or other respiratory and heart issues, you may want to pay attention to air quality levels in North Carolina and Virginia; massive wildfires in Canada are spreading smoke ...

Wildfire smoke contains tiny particles that can be dangerous to your health, and scientists are comparing inhaling wildfire smoke to smoking cigarettes. PM2.5 is mostly produced from combustion ...

A haze fell over the Capitol on Friday as smoke from Canadian wildfires stretched farther east, prompting the president and GOP lawmakers to level blame at Canada for forestry practices they said were ...

Hot summer days are getting stuffier for more than 100 million people in the U.S. as wildfire smoke drifts south and imposes dangerous risks to their health. Hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada ...

New York City air quality is set to gradually improve as a weak front pushes Canadian wildfire smoke to the South, welcome news for many forced to mask up earlier in the week when the city saw its ...

Visibility is still low with heavy smoke holding closer to the Lake. Numbers and the haze are improving inland and everywhere is expected to improve this evening. Our alert goes until 6pm. Another ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Thick smoke blanketed the Spokane region Thursday as a fire burning north of Bonners Ferry sent smoke to the Inland Northwest. The Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency identified Spokane ...

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The interplay between the burning fires, the smoke itself and quickly changing weather patterns is making the next few days more uncertain than usual. By Judson Jones Meteorologist See more of our ...

Jessica Guay joined KDKA as a reporter in February 2021. Before joining KDKA, Jessica was a morning anchor and reporter at WJAC in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. She was also an anchor and reporter at WCHS ...

Hazardous air quality tied to wildfire smoke prompted closures and cancellations across Wisconsin on Thursday and Friday, as smoke from fires in Canada and Minnesota spread across the state and pushed ...

Canadian wildfire smoke is drifting across parts of the U.S., prompting doctors to warn that even healthy people may face risks from prolonged exposure to polluted air. More than 180 wildfires are ...