Seattle air quality

Due to the "very unhealthy" air quality in our region, some schools had to close its campuses on Thursday.

Campus closed to due poor air quality. - Forest Ridge School: Closed but operating remotely. At one point Wednesday, air quality was ranking as the second worst.

Thick wildfire smoke has become even worse over the Seattle and Portland metro areas, not only rating as the region's worst air quality of the year, ...

Most areas west of the Cascades have received around or less than a half-inch of rainfall since the start of summer. [ranged from the Unhealthy to Very Unhealthy categories](https://wasmoke.blogspot.com/) with several sensors in the city's eastern suburbs measuring downright hazardous levels of smoke particulate. Vancouver, British Columbia, in Canada rated among the 10 worst cities. Health officials are stressing for residents to stay indoors when possible and limit all outdoor activity, especially strenuous activity. Seattle's 0.54 inches measured since mid-June is the driest 120-day stretch of weather in its recorded history. (FOX Weather)

The smoke is coming from stubborn wildfires burning right now all the way from Oregon up to British Columbia. Vancouver, BC, has the 10th-worst air quality in ...

Wildfire smoke darkened skies on Wednesday and Thursday in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle and Portland had the worst air quality observed anywhere on the ...

This summer was [the driest on record](https://www.king5.com/article/weather/weather-blog/summer-2022-driest-record/281-8969b1b7-4981-4e9a-8427-f6e3801e0afd). The blaze was first reported Oct. Li and Aria Bendix from New York City. Meanwhile, closer to Portland, the Nakia Creek Fire was 23% contained, with nearly 2,000 acres burned, officials said. "We’re starting to get that October precipitation," said Kirby Cook, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in Seattle. "We can get smoke here in western Washington, but it’s usually coming from somewhere else," Cook said. "This year, the smoke we have in the area is literally from our own neighborhood. Of particular concern to scientists are increases in the concentration of fine particles under 2.5 micrometers in diameter (less than 4% of the diameter of a human hair). The problem is worst in the West, where rising air pollution levels due to smoke have reversed decades of improvements in overall air quality. [September study](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c02934) from Stanford University researchers, the number of people who experienced a day with unhealthy air quality rose 27-fold over the last decade. [wildfires darkened skies ](https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/wildfire/seattle-air-quality/281-39aadc4e-ed2a-4068-9a13-aed7df66124b)Wednesday and Thursday in the Pacific Northwest, where residents of the normally lush, green region experienced the world's worst air pollution. [according to IQAir](https://www.iqair.com/us/world-air-quality-ranking), a Swiss company that measures air pollution.

The region's wildfires have made Seattle's air one of the worst in the world. According to the State Health Department's instructions, during physical ...

The worsening air quality levels caused the extension of the warning to midnight Thursday. The air quality is becoming worse due to heavy smoke from wildfires. [Washington](/topic/washington)has been issued an air quality alert from Friday to Monday afternoon. The air quality in the city has worsened due to heavy The city and Public Warnings and AlertsAs per the State Health Department recommendations, schools are to keep students indoors with only light activity during physical education classes and recess.

For the second day in a row, Seattle ranks among the worst air quality in the world, with heavy smoke from wildfires in western Washington.

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Seattle had the worst air quality in the world for the second day in a row Thursday as the Pacific Northwest air continued to be clogged with smoke from ...

Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia, have also ranked among the world's worst locations for air quality over the past two days, alongside cities in Pakistan, China and India. The agencies advised people to limit outdoor exposure and keep indoor air clean by closing windows and doors. A heavy fog of smoke covered the city again Thursday as the air quality index remained at a "very unhealthy" level for all groups. "We're gonna see a first decent shot of rain since early June this year and much cooler temperatures," McMillian said. Multiple cities in Oregon, including the Portland metropolitan areaand south to Eugene, were also contending with air quality in the unhealthy to unhealthy for sensitive groups range, according to IQAir. Seattle had the worst air quality in the world for the second day in a row Thursday as the Pacific Northwest air continued to be clogged with smoke from multiple wildfires in the region.