{"id":114206,"date":"2026-02-14T22:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114206\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T22:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:19:09","slug":"central-pa-counties-under-code-orange-air-quality-conditions-for-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/114206\/","title":{"rendered":"Central PA counties under Code Orange air quality conditions for Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, Pa.  \u2014 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection declared Saturday as a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for several counties in the Susquehanna Valley. <\/p>\n<p>Dauphin, Cumberland, Lebanon, Lancaster and York counties are being affected by fine particle pollution, the DEP said in a release. <\/p>\n<p>The DEP said concentrations will likely decrease in the afternoon, but parts of the area will see average daily concentrations within the Code Orange range (PM 2.5). <\/p>\n<p>Sensitive groups, including children, older adults and those with respiratory conditions like asthma, emphysema and bronchitis are urged to avoid heavy outdoor activity during this time. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the DEP says residents and businesses in the area can help reduce air pollution by reducing fireplace and wood stove use, avoid openly burning materials and avoiding the use of gas-powered lawn and garden equipment. <\/p>\n<p>According to the DEP, the pollution is strongest in the Lancaster area, specifically in the Leacock Township area. <\/p>\n<p>Current air quality conditions in the area are updated daily by the DEP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airnow.gov\/?city=Harrisburg&amp;state=PA&amp;country=USA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, Pa. \u2014 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection declared Saturday as a Code Orange Air Quality&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-114206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-pennsylvania","9":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","10":"tag-pennsylvania-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}