Video, X/Twitter, TikTok post show reactions to Canadian wildfire smoke in Florida

C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
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A hazy cloud of smoke was drifting over much of Florida Tuesday, a visitor from a wildfire in Canada, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne, triggering air quality alerts and advisories around the state.

Residents in affected areas are advised to stay indoors as much as possible and reduce strenuous activity that calls for deep or vigorous breathing. Smoke inhalation symptoms can affect healthy people temporarily but can be extremely dangerous for anyone sensitive to particle pollution such as people with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens.

The Environment Protection Agency's AirNow map shows "unhealthy" levels of air quality from Palm Coast south to Coral Springs and west to large parts of Florida, with isolated areas around Jacksonville and southeast of St. Petersburg. Here's where you can track it.

And Floridians have been watching. Above is video of smoke across the sky over the Halifax River in Port Orange, Florida, just south of Daytona Beach on Florida's East Coast. shot by Joel Albair.

Here's what other people have been seeing.

Photos of the haze from USA TODAY NETWORK Florida photographers

X, TikTok reactions to Canadian wildfire smoke in Florida

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Canadian wildfire smoke makes Florida skies hazy, draws reactions