Scorching temperatures are expected in the US west as the East Coast grapples with wildfire smoke.
By Bernd Debusmann JrMore than 170 million Americans are under either heat or air quality alerts as wildfire smoke and scorching temperatures continue to plague the US.
On Friday, the country's worst air quality was expected across a vast tract of land stretching from Michigan and Ohio to the East Coast. In the Washington DC area, concerns over air quality prompted the cancellation of dozens of outdoor events and a warning from local health authorities to avoid strenuous outdoor activities and to consider wearing a mask when outside.
"Although a few locations across Central and East Texas may reach advisory criteria, the prevalence of 105F [43C] heat indices will be far less widespread, and our protracted stretch of advisories/warnings for heat will come to an end," the National Weather Service said in a bulletin.Storms that are expected in other parts of the south are also expected to bring temperatures down over Saturday and Sunday.
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