Iowa DNR Issues Air Quality Alert Through Thursday (06.05)

The Iowa DNR has issued an Air Quality Alert for all of Iowa through 6 AM Thursday (06.05) morning.

Counties include Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Allamakee-Hancock-Cerro Gordo-Floyd-Chickasaw- Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Fayette-Clayton-Black Hawk.

Intermittent heavy smoke is expected to impact most of Iowa over the next few days at levels considered unhealthy for sensitive groups or even unhealthy for healthy individuals. Sensitive groups include people with respiratory illness or heart disease, children, teenagers, the elderly, and outdoor workers.

The DNR recommends that people avoid long or intense outdoor activities and take frequent breaks until the air quality improves.

Real-time air quality maps and information about the air quality index can be found on EPA’s airnow.gov site. Detailed information about wildfire impacts on current air quality can be found at: https://www.airnow.gov/wildfires/