Wildfires in Manitoba, Canada, to send smoke into Chicago area starting Friday As anyone who was around two years ago will remember, this is not the first time a hazy, unhealthy back of air ...

Smoke from Canada wildfires creates a haze in the sky as Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson (7) and first baseman Cody Bellinger (24) head out to the field in the ninth inning of a game against ...

CHICAGO - Canadian wildfire smoke remains a player in Chicagoland weather today. The sky will once again be rather hazy and it will be a very warm day with temperatures climbing into the mid 80s.

Why is it smoky in Chicago today? Wildfires are to blame for the city's air quality - among the worst in the world Tuesday. Check our map for updates.

The smoke had visibility down to one to three miles late Tuesday. As CBS 2's Noel Brennan reported, even the most picturesque places in Chicago didn't make for the best pictures Tuesday.

Wildfire smoke continues to linger over the area, creating hazy skies, though no air quality alert is currently in effect. Scattered showers and storms are possible today, with clearer and cooler ...

Canadian wildfire smoke is infiltrating the Midwest on Tuesday and the air in Chicago has deteriorated to the Air Quality Index's "very unhealthy" category. The AQI in hazy Chicago reached 250 on ...

Wildfires burning in the Pacific Northwest could send smoke floating toward the Chicago area this week, according to forecasts from the NBC 5 Storm Team. Those fires, burning in parts of Oregon ...

Why is the air quality bad in Illinois today? A thick haze hangs over the Peoria skyline Tuesday, June 27, 2023 due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. Canada is having its worst wildfire season ever.

Chicago’s skyline, seen in a composite photo contrasting a clear day in 2016 and wildfire smoke hanging in the air on June 27, 2023 By Chicago Tribune UPDATED: June 28, 2023 at 5:00 PM CDT ...

Wildfire smoke’s primary pollutant is often referred to as PM2.5. These are fine particles from burned organic matter, less than or equal to 2.5 microns in diameter. Something like microscopic soot.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Kalhan, a pulmonologist at Northwestern Medicine, about the impact of wildfire smoke in Chicago, which claimed the world's worst air quality earlier this week.