The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the Lower Hudson Valley, New York City and Long Island, until midnight Tuesday, Aug. 5. NYSDEC said ground level ozone and particulate matter in the air due to wildfires in Ontario could exceed safe air quality index levels over 100.

At 9:54 a.m. on Tuesday, the National Weather Service reported an air quality alert in effect until Wednesday at midnight for Passaic, Hudson, Bergen, Essex and Union counties.