Summer weather events wrack the Midwest

El Niño packs a punch with wildfires, derechos and high temps throughout North America.

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Elise Schafer
September 11, 2023
Smoke Over Fields
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A thick haze filled the air on the highway along the Illinois-Indiana state border as I drove to visit Commodity Blenders in Warren, Indiana. Poorair quality alertshad been issued across the Midwest and along the East Coast due to smoke drifting into U.S. airspace from Canadian wildfires.

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