Chicago and Minneapolis' air quality was in the "unhealthy" category, which ranks as level four of six on the Air Quality Index ...

Minneapolis faced severely degraded air quality, ranking among the worst globally due to smoke drifting from Canadian wildfires. The Air Quality Index reached unhealthy levels, prompting alerts across ...

The Minneapolis skyline is seen from northbound Interstate 35W after a storm on Aug. 29, 2024. (Ayrton Breckenridge/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Smoke from wildfires burning in Canada and rain obscures the downtown skyline of Minneapolis, Minn., on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave) ...

Wildfires in Canada are impacting the skies over Minnesota. Here’s what to know when an air quality alert is issued and how to stay healthy amid smoky skies and unhealthy air.

As has been the case for several days, Minneapolis and Chicago ranked high on the list of worst air quality readings among major cities across the world on Saturday, according to IQ Air.

According to IQAir, Minneapolis' air quality on Friday morning and through the workday ranked as the second-worst among the world's major cities. Only Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

And as of 11:30 a.m. CT, Chicago and Minneapolis had two of three of the worst air quality indices in the world among major cities, according to IQAir.