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  • 6/4/2025
Thick smoke from wildfires burning across western Canada drifted into the U.S. Upper Midwest on Tuesday (June 3) pushing air quality in Minneapolis to unhealthy levels.

The city ranked among the worst in the world for air quality in afternoon, with an AQI reading of 168, tying with Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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00:00Thick smoke from wildfires burning across western Canada drifted into the U.S. upper
00:07Midwest on Tuesday, pushing air quality in Minneapolis to unhealthy levels.
00:12The city ranked among the worst in the world for air quality in afternoon, with an AQI
00:17reading of 168, tying with Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
00:22The smoke, filled with fine particulate matter, is part of a large plume moving south from
00:29wildfires in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
00:33Health officials have warned residents, especially those with heart or lung conditions, to limit
00:37outdoor activity.
00:39Conditions are expected to improve gradually in Minneapolis, while lower levels of smoke
00:43are forecast to reach New York, Philadelphia and Boston in the coming days.
00:49Scores of wildfires have swept through Canada since May, leading to the evacuation of thousands.
00:59Presenting the world's response from a natural influence.
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01:08area of the city.
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01:13heard the information from the area.
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01:19has nothing to do.
01:20It is a great resource to provide someone to cover the situation from the city of the city

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