First severe thunderstorm warning of the season, with special air quality statement – PembinaValleyOnline.com

Updated at 6:35 p.m. Saturday, May 11 – all severe thunderstorm watches west of the Red River have ended. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms this evening, with strong winds persisting until diminishing overnight. ==================== An unseasonably warm May 11 could end with a few other rare weather events for this time…

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Mountain West towns heavily polluted by smog, particles from wildfire smoke, report says

More than a third of Americans, or 131 million people, live in cities with unhealthy air pollution. That’s according to the American Lung Association’s latest “State of the Air” report, an annual “report card” on air quality nationwide. The spikes in deadly particle pollution are the most severe ever recorded in the organization’s 25-year history…

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