Wildfire smoke from the Prairies prompted special air quality statements and warnings across the country Saturday.

For the full 24 hours of Aug. 3, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is issuing an air quality health advisory for the Western New York, Eastern Lake Ontario and Adirondacks regions.

Smoke from wildfires blazing across Canada is once again wafting over huge portions of the Midwest and worsening air quality, with conditions particularly bad on August 1 in Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois.