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

An air quality alert is in effect for all of Massachusetts today due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, and it could be the worst air quality day the Boston area has seen all year. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued an alert for "fine particulates" in the air until midnight.

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.