Warning as 50,000 people in Florida are told to stay indoors Tuesday or risk death | 6 May 2025 | Florida's air is turning toxic, with more than 50,000 residents warned to hunker down indoors as dangerous pollution levels soar. Forecasts suggest air quality in Tampa is set to plunge into the "orange" zone -- or a level where federal guidance suggests sensitive groups, like older adults, should take precautions. Making things more dangerous is that the shift won't be visible to residents, with no smog or wildfire smoke filling the air to warn of more pollution. Instead, it is a chemical soup of ozone and particulate pollution that infiltrates the lungs... The orange air quality was initially forecast to hit the Tampa area later today.