Smoke clears, but health threats likely to return - The Timberjay

Relief from heat and smoke likely to be temporary, experts say

The waters of Lake Michigan off Promontory Point may offer a consistent reprieve from the summer heat, but they provided little relief from wildfire smoke last week.

Smoke clears, but health threats likely to return - The Timberjay

REGIONAL- After wildfire smoke pushed air quality readings beyond the top of the standard federal scale last week, residents across northern St. Louis County awakened Wednesday to air that was nearly pristine.The Air Quality Index in Ely stood at 19 Wednesday morning, comfortably within the “good” range of zero to 50 and a dramatic change from the hazardous conditions experienced only days earlier.But with multiple wildfires continuing to burn a…