Code Orange Air Quality Alert issued Monday for parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey

A Code Orange Air Quality Alert has been issued on Monday for parts of the Northeast, including Pennsylvania and New Jersey, according to the National Weather Service.

An Orange Air Quality Alert means there are unhealthy pollution levels for sensitive groups.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued the Code Orange for ground-level ozone until midnight Monday. Those areas include Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton and Philadelphia counties.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection also issued a Code Orange until 11 p.m. on Monday. Those areas include Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Mercer, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren counties…

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