It is expected to be thicker Wednesday than it was Tuesday. This is all due to smoke from Canadian wildfires that have been entrenched in North Carolina. Older adults, younger children and those with respiratory conditions such as asthma should limit prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.Ĭhannel 9′s Dave Faherty could smell smoke in Hickory, and it was hazy in the High Country as well. The hope is that they won’t creep up again.Ī Code Orange on the Air Quality Index represents unhealthy air quality for sensitive groups. There’s also a Code Orange for York, Chesterfield, Chester, and Lancaster counties in South Carolina.īy 12:30 p.m., air quality index values dropped from Code Orange to Code Yellow. The Code Orange alert covers most of our region, including Charlotte.
Code Orange alerts are in effect until Thursday.
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