Air quality alerts are in effect for the city of Chicago, as smoke has pushed down from the wildfires in Canada. The EPA has issued an air quality alert for most of the Chicagoland area, as well as northwest Indiana,

CHICAGO - Today we have an air quality alert in effect with unhealthy levels of smoke in the air. We also have high waves possible through the afternoon in Cook County and NW Indiana. Highs today will be in the mid to upper 70s with hazy sunshine.