The air quality in the Toledo metropolitan area is hazardous as smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets the area.
“We smashed the record,” said Jay Berschback, chief meteorologist for 13abc in Toledo. “The records go back to 1999, and the AQI numbers were near 600 this morning.”
AQI, or Air Quality Index, is a standardized scale used by governmental agencies to communicate how clean or polluted the outdoor air is. All AQI values above 300 are considered “hazardous.” Toledo’s 600, Mr. Berschback said, is off the scales…