Howard County Under Code Orange Air Quality Alert

The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a “code orange” alert for several jurisdictions in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area Friday due to the concentration of pollutants in the air.

Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties are included in the air quality alert.
This means that the air will be unhealthy for sensitive groups—including those with heart or lung conditions, asthmatics, children and older adults.

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People can avoid the effects of air pollution by not exercising outside and by abstaining from strenuous activity, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment.

Temperatures are forecast to climb to the upper 90s in the Baltimore metro area Friday afternoon, feeling like nearly 100 degrees on the heat index.

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