Smoke from wildfires in Canada will be affecting the air quality in Rhode Island and Massachusetts starting early Monday afternoon and lasting through Tuesday.

The smoke floating over the border shared between America and Canada is now impacting air quality in states as far south as Texas, AirNow's data shows. The EPA has declared the air quality in states near the Canadian border as "unhealthy or "unhealthy for sensitive groups."

Smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada is drifting south, prompting an air quality alert in Ohio, according to a news release from the Cleveland Department of Public Health.