Most of the air quality alerts pertain to "sensitive groups," including people with heart or lung disease and asthma. However, air quality in parts of northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is expected to be "unhealthy" for all individuals.

Wildfires burning in Canada were causing unhealthy air quality across parts of North America on Monday. Canadian wildfires burning across northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan are sending smoke through central Canada, the Great Lakes region and the northeastern United States, reducing air quality and visibility in major cities.

Millions of people across the Upper Midwest and the Northeast are under air quality alerts Monday, as smoke from wildfires in Canada drift over the region