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June 15, 2023

Minnesota Records Record Air Pollution as Canadian Wildfire Smoke Spreads Over Region
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Here in the United States, thick smoke from dozens of wildfires burning
in Canada settled over Wisconsin and Minnesota on Wednesday, triggering
air quality alerts for "very unhealthy" levels of fine particle and
ozone pollution. The air quality index topped 240 in the Twin Cities -
the region's worst levels on record.


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