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The National Weather Service in Cleveland has extended an Air Quality Alert for all of Northeast Ohio throughout the day Thursday and Friday. It was initially only issued for Wednesday.

Officials warn the air quality levels “will be unhealthy for sensitive groups."

“If you are in the sensitive groups category of children, the elderly and those with breathing difficulties, please monitor your outdoor activity and check air quality readings at airnow.gov,” the National Weather Service says.

Here are the list of counties currently under the Air Quality Alert:

-Ashland
-Ashtabula
-Carroll
-Cuyahoga
-Erie
-Geauga
-Holmes
-Huron
-Lake
-Lorain
-Mahoning
-Medina
-Portage
-Richland
-Stark
-Summit
-Trumbull
-Tuscarawas
-Wayne

Betsy Kling has more: https://www.wkyc.com/article/weather/... --

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