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Wildfire smoke impacting air quality in Minnesota
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says the recovery effort is now underway amid the weekslong fight to contain several wildfires near the Arrowhead region, but warned "they will not be the last of this summer."
Wildfire smoke from Manitoba, Canada, will blow across two dozen states through Saturday, reducing air quality and creating hazy skies.
Gov. Tim Walz was joined by leaders of both the DNR, the Department of Public Safety and the National Weather Service to also discuss the fire situation and outlook across the state.
Firefighters have continued to make major progress in northern Minnesota with three of the four wildfires being almost completely contained.
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All evacuation orders prompted by wildfires north of Duluth, Minnesota, have been lifted, officials said Monday.
Wildfires are common in the state. But scientists say this week’s damaging blazes in a northeastern region are a sign of more severe effects from a warming planet.
A Manitoba-wide state of emergency was declared because of the wildfires in the north, east, and western parts of Manitoba.
WCCO has been reporting for weeks about the impacts of the northeastern Minnesota wildfires on the ground and in the air, but new research shows it could also impact the state's waterways.