Air quality worsened to code red Thursday in the Washington, D.C., area because of smoke from Canadian wildfires, posing a health risk to anyone who spends time outside. It comes less than three weeks ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Most of the Philadelphia region is under the most hazardous air quality category Wednesday due to tiny particulate matter in the air as smoke from multiple wildfires in eastern ...

The city’s Office of Homeless Services declares a Code Red when the heat index, a measure of both heat and humidity that reflects how hot the air feels, is forecast to be above 95 degrees for three ...

Baltimore City has extended a Code Red Extreme Heat Alert, with dangerous heat expected across Maryland through Thursday, July 31. The blast of heat could make the temperatures feel like at least 105 ...

A New Jersey resident who was homeless called a state hotline one recent summer as temperatures were getting dangerously hot, a housing advocate recalled. “And this is how the conversation went: ‘Do ...

Residents in the Washington and Baltimore regions are awakening to their worst air quality in years. EPA air quality monitors are reporting widespread Code Red and Code Purple conditions, signifying ...