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Listen to your body and if you experience symptoms, reduce or stop outdoor activities. Symptoms can include milder and more common symptoms such as eye, nose and throat irritation, as well as serious but less common symptoms such as chest pains or severe cough. If you think you are having a medical emergency, seek immediate medical assistance.
Limit time outdoors. Consider rescheduling or cancelling outdoor sports, activities and events.
When indoors, keep windows and doors closed as much as possible. When there is an extreme heat event occurring with poor air quality, prioritize keeping cool. Always seek out and follow health guidance from local authorities.
Protect your indoor air from wildfire smoke. Actions can include using a clean, good quality air filter in your ventilation system and/or a certified portable air purifier that can filter fine particles.
If you must spend time outdoors, a well-constructed, well-fitting and properly worn respirator type mask (such as a NIOSH-certified N95 or equivalent respirator) can reduce your exposure to the fine particles in the smoke. Even though exposure may be reduced, there can still be risks to health.
Check in on others who are in your care or live nearby who may be more likely to be impacted by wildfire smoke.
Take care of your mental health.
Learn more at https://www.canada.ca/wildfire-smoke.
Today will be sunny and hot with light winds due to a stagnant weather pattern.
Widespread forest fire smoke has settled over the Mayo region and will remain until there is a change in the weather.
There may be brief periods of improved air quality due to heavy showers or thunderstorms that may move through the area.
Visit https://yukon.ca/en/find-out-about-health-effects-smoke-exposure#wildfire-smoke for more information on how to reduce your health risk.
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During heavy smoke conditions, everyone is at risk regardless of their age or health. The fine particles in wildfire smoke pose the main health risk.
People more likely to be impacted by wildfire smoke such as seniors, pregnant women and pregnant people, people who smoke, infants and young children, people who work outdoors, people involved in strenuous outdoor exercise and people with an existing illness or chronic health condition, should avoid strenuous activities outdoors.
Visit http://www.airhealth.ca for information on how to reduce your health risk and your personal contribution to pollution levels, as well as for current and forecast AQHI values.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada.
A period of unseasonably high temperatures will continue into the weekend.
When: Now through Sunday.
Where: Dawson, Mayo and Pelly - Carmacks regions.
Remarks: A warm airmass remains over the central Yukon today and this weekend. This brings daytime maximum temperatures of about 5 degrees Celsius above seasonal normals. There may be some brief relief in the afternoons as a chance of showers or thunderstorms exists for most days.
Never leave people or pets inside a parked vehicle.
Drink plenty of water even before you feel thirsty and seek cool places if necessary.
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Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to YTstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #YTStorm.
