NOAA alert for bad air quality continues through Sunday

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UPDATED SUNDAY MORNING: The alert continues through Monday at 4 a.m.

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Not just killer heat today, but unhealthy air. Code orange air is “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups.” From AIRnow.gov:

Although general public is not likely to be affected at this AQI range, people with lung disease, older adults and children are at a greater risk from exposure to ozone, whereas persons with heart and lung disease, older adults and children are at greater risk from the presence of particles in the air.

From a NOAA air-quality alert issued this morning for Buncombe County:

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 

THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES 
IN RALEIGH NC HAS ISSUED A CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY FOR 
GROUND LEVEL OZONE...IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 
AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY MEANS THAT GROUND LEVEL OZONE 
CONCENTRATIONS WITHIN THE REGION MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED UNHEALTHY 
STANDARDS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT THE NORTH 
CAROLINA DIVISION OF AIR QUALITY WEB SITE AT 
WWW.NCAIR.ORG/AIRAWARE/FORECAST/.