PETALING JAYA: Unhealthy air quality was recorded in Kuching, Serian and Sri Aman in Sarawak, and Shah Alam in Selangor, as satellite images detected hotspots in Indonesia’s Kalimantan and Sumatra regions.
As of 5pm yesterday, Sri Aman recorded the highest air pollutant index reading of 154, followed by Serian , Kuching and Shah Alam .Other parts of Sarawak recorded moderate readings.The API is calculated over a 24-hour running average of the most dominant parameter.
However, these places and a few other stations continued to have very high moderate readings throughout the day. According to the Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre , the latest satellite observations showed moderate to dense smoke haze near hotspots in south Kalimantan. “Moreover, the risk of transboundary smoke haze occurrence is also expected to heighten in the border areas between west Kalimantan and the western parts of Sarawak.
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