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SOUTH BEND, Ind.-- There were hazy hues across Michiana Friday, as smog blankets the region.

Climate change makes wildfires hotter, bigger, and more frequent.

That's what Canada is experiencing; it saw its worst wildfire season in 2023, and there's more burning now.

And that smoke is now settling over Michiana and other parts of the Midwest. How dangerous is the air we are breathing?

ABC57's Annie Kate called Mark Derf, who forecasts air quality for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM).

"We've seen an uptick in the smoke impacts for our state," Derf said. "So, those wildfires are burning, the smoke rises, and is caught up by those northwestern winds whi

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