{"id":7452,"date":"2022-06-25T11:07:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T11:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=7452"},"modified":"2022-06-25T11:07:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T11:07:38","slug":"air-quality-drops-to-moderate-levels-today-saturday-across-montserrat-due-to-the-presence-of-saharan-dust-in-the-atmosphere-residents-who-are-sensitize-to-this-change-in-air-quality-should-take-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=7452","title":{"rendered":"Air Quality drops to moderate levels today Saturday across Montserrat, due to the presence of Saharan Dust in the Atmosphere &#8211; Residents who are Sensitize to this change in Air Quality should take the Necessary Precautions!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>That&#8217;s according to an Air Quality Alert issued by the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It states that the threat of health problems is forecast to be<br>elevated, for mainly unusually sensitive people, such as asthmatics, and could potentially cause them limited health impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air Quality Index Based on Particulate Matters 2.5 (PM2.5) and 10 (PM10) Concentration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air quality category: Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Timing: Saturday morning to Wednesday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air quality index: 51 to 80<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alert Level: II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sensitive groups: People with respiratory or heart disease, the elderly and children are the groups most at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"613\" src=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-7-1024x613.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7453\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-7-1024x613.png 1024w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-7-300x180.png 300w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-7-768x460.png 768w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-7-1536x919.png 1536w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-7-2048x1226.png 2048w, http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Untitled-7-500x300.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Health implications: Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants, there may be moderate health concerns for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue to monitor DMCA Facebook, Instagram and Twitter social media sites and our website http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms for daily weather updates, public advisories and warnings and information on the wide range of natural and man-made hazards that have the potential to impact Montserrat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s according to an Air Quality Alert issued by the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services on Friday night. It states that the threat of health problems is forecast to beelevated, for mainly unusually sensitive people, such as asthmatics, and could &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/?p=7452\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001002,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7452"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7454,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7452\/revisions\/7454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dmca.gov.ms\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}