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How you can use Google Maps to track wildfires and air quality


Before you travel to a specific city, state, or country, you may want to check for wildfire activity and air quality issues.

"During one week in July, according to reports, firefighters fought through the night as wildfires blazed on the Greek islands of Kos, Chios and Crete," Google said in a recent blog post. This week, the company added 15 more countries to the list, including Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Kenya, Monaco, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and Türkiye, Google noted in its blog post. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNETBoth the mobile app and the website display a bar graph with numbers and colors to denote the levels of air quality.

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