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Already known for having some of the worst air quality in the U.S., people in Southern California are now also at risk of inhaling smoke. Los Angeles air quality and smoke maps: See latest AQI ...
Californians and Angelenos are experiencing a temporary reprieve from the heightened wildfire danger that has gripped the region since the historic Santa Ana wind event began nine days ago.
Air quality in Los Angeles was at "moderate" levels on Thursday morning, as judged by the EPA's Air Quality Index rating system. Moderate air quality is between 51 and 100, or in the yellow band ...
Environmental Protection Agency air quality data indicated that millions of Los Angeles area residents experienced severe air quality deterioration, with conditions reaching the "Unhealthy" category on EPA scales and escalating to "Hazardous" levels near the fire zones. The combustion of urban structures was estimated to have released numerous ...
Hazardous air quality levels are indexed at 300 or higher. As the day progressed, levels dropped from 325 to 182, improving the quality of the air to "unhealthy" rather than hazardous.
A view of Los Angeles covered in smog. Pollution in California relates to the degree of pollution in the air, water, and land of the U.S. state of California.Pollution is defined as the addition of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or any form of energy (such as heat, sound, or radioactivity) to the environment at a faster rate than it can be dispersed, diluted, decomposed, recycled, or ...
Large wildfires are burning across the West and causing dangerous air quality in Nevada and California.. The Davis Fire, located between Reno and Lake Tahoe, and three blazes just east of Los ...
The U.S. Coast Guard estimated that spill covered 8,320 acres (3,370 ha) of the ocean's surface as they monitored it several times daily from the air. Investigations found a 17.7-mile (28.5 km) pipeline connecting offshore oil platforms with the shore had been displaced by being dragged by a ship's anchor.