Although wildfires in Canada have not yet reached levels seen during last year's disastrous wildfire season, they have still wrought a destructive path, resulting in mass evacuations in some areas.
It's widely believed that long-lasting drought conditions caused by the climate crisis, coupled with El Niño/La Niña weather patterns, are to blame for the current conditions and that a catastrophic wildfire season is still possible.
On Monday, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said that fine particle levels created by the Canadian wildfires were predicted to reach "red" category air quality, a rating that is considered "unhealthy for everyone."
The upper peninsula of Michigan also saw hazy skies, with some residents saying that they could smell the smoke in the air.
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