COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – With temperatures rising and the rain gone for now, the skies around Ohio – particularly the southern part of the state – may appear a bit hazy, and there’s a reason for that.
According to the AirNow.gov website, the skies in that portion of the state are hazy due to wildfires burning in the Saskatchewan and Manitoba provinces of central Canada, located above North Dakota.
The air quality in this part of the state is listed as moderate, with the AirNow.gov warning that anyone “unusually sensitive” to particle pollution should take it easy when outside.
The area listed by the website as being under this moderate air quality includes southern Columbus and Franklin County, stretches down to Ohio’s southern counties and into Kentucky, and across the southern part of Ohio from the Indiana border into West Virginia.