Ottawa was officially at a 10+ on Environment Canada's Air Quality Health Index Tuesday morning, which is its highest level. That was worst among Canada's major cities.
Posted: Jun 05, 2023 11:20 AM EDT | Last Updated: 44 minutes agoSmoke covers the Ottawa skyline Tuesday as forest fires continue to burn in Ontario and Quebec.
Ottawa's air quality was so bad that it cracked through the top of a risk scale on Tuesday morning, as Environment Canada warns that forest fires may keep the air dangerous to human health through most of the week.Tuesday morning, which is its highest level. That was worst among Canada's major cities.
This meant the general public should reduce or reschedule strenuous outdoor activities and people at risk of serious health problems from pollution — including seniors, young children and pregnant people — should avoid these types of activities.Monica Vaswani, warning preparedness meteorologist for Environment and Climate Change Canada, said the air quality index maxes out at 10 for forecasting purposes.
"Unless the forest fires themselves reduce in some fashion, the weather is not going to change really," she said. "So more likely than not the air quality is going to remain ... bad."Vaswani said it's difficult to say exactly where air quality levels will settle, since forest fires are unpredictable. There could be brief spells of relief, though she doesn't expect the index to go below the "high risk" threshold.
"It will still be considered dangerous, especially for vulnerable populations to be outdoors for extended periods of time," she said.
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