Eviction filings are far above pre-pandemic levels in many cities across the country as pandemic relief disappears and inflation causes rents to spike.

On Thursday, Mayor Mike Duggan was touting something that hasn’t been seen in Detroit in 22 years.

Despite the foreboding skies, there was little scent of smoke and the air quality index did not reach unhealthy levels. The sheer amount of smoke, the multiple layers of smoke above us in the atmosphere are combining to darken our sky, he said. Air quality warnings were issued throughout the Pacific Northwest, and people in communities from southern Oregon to north of Seattle have seen blood red skies and choking smoke. Gass said winds coming from the Pacific Ocean will likely continue to push the smoke across the West, worsening air quality. In Phoenix, the skies were finally blue on Wednesday after a cold front swept through the region, keeping the wildfire smoke west and southwest of Arizona.