Smoke from Canadian wildfires has sent a blanket of smoke over the midwestern United States this weekend. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued air quality alerts for Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as, Iowa, Illinois Michigan, and parts of Nebraska and Missouri.

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Smoke streaming in from still-burning wildfires in Canada will lead to unhealthy air quality today across Upstate New York. The air quality index, a measure of fine airborne particles that can burrow deep into lungs, will be just above 100 today, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

The smoke is expected to remain over the northern and central Plains of the United States for the next couple of days, according to meteorologists.