'Code Orange' Air Quality Alert Issued For Parts Of Maryland

A "code orange" air quality alert is in effect Wednesday for the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.

The alert means that pollution concentrations may be unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Children, older adults, heart/lung disease sufferers and asthmatics are considered sensitive; they should avoid strenuous activity and outdoor exercise Wednesday to minimize the effects from the air quality, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment, which issued the alert.

The "code orange" status applies to Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's and St. Mary's counties as well as parts of Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Warm temperatures are in the forecast, with high temps in the low 90s on Wednesday.

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