Canadian wildfire smoke impacting SE Michigan air quality
An air quality alert is in place for Metro Detroit with a designation of unhealthy for some the next couple days.
An air quality alert is in place for Metro Detroit with a designation of unhealthy for some the next couple days.
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An air quality alert is in place for Metro Detroit with a designation of unhealthy for some the next couple days.
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More details are emerging about the early Wednesday morning shooting on I-96 near Outer Drive.
Alan Longstreet has the forecast.
We'll keep the heat another day with the afternoon heat index making a run at 100 or above for many.
Temperatures in the 90s continue to blanket most of Michigan on Wednesday.
After the shooting, the victim drove to the Detroit Fire Department on W. Seven Mile Road where he honked his horn until firefighters came outside and rendered aid.
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One person has died and two others were injured early Wednesday morning after police say a suspect fired shots into their vehicle on eastbound I-96 in Detroit.According to Michigan State Police, the incident occurred around 12:51 a.m. near Bentler Street, just east of Outer Drive. Police say the ...
Metro Detroit is facing a dangerous combination of extreme heat and poor air quality today as both a Heat Advisory and Air Quality Alert remain in effect across Southeast Michigan.Afternoon temperatures will climb into the upper 90s, and when combined with the high humidity, heat index values wil...
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With nearly two million hectares burned, over 830 active wildfires, and scorching temperatures cooking the continent, Michigan is once again in the crosshairs of bad air quality and smoky conditions.
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