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CANADIAN SMOKE DROPS AREA VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE

(Whitewater Valley)--Smoke from Canadian wildfires has returned to the Whitewater Valley, and that has prompted an Air Quality Alert to be issued Wednesday for the area.  Here’s Newscenter 7 Meteorologist Britley Ritz talking about the effects and the conditions Wednesday morning:  "Notice visibilities.  This is impressive.  Darke County - down to a mile and a half.  Eaton - a half of a mile.  That's how this smoke is.  Our Air Quality Index is 228.  That's very unhealthy."  Meanwhile, it’s not feeling much like summer.  Richmond has had below-normal temperatures for 24 consecutive days going back to June 4.