Malaysia Declares Haze Emergency in Sarawak District After Air Quality Hits Hazardous Levels

Malaysia declares emergency in Sarawak town as haze pollution level hits 521

Malaysia declared an emergency on Friday in a town in Sarawak state on Borneo Island after air pollution breached the country’s emergency-level threshold linked to fires in neighbouring Indonesia. The Air Pollutant Index in Serian, a small agricultural town of just under 90,000 near the border of Indonesia’s Kalimantan province, surged to 521 on Friday, according to Malaysia’s environment department. Sarawak’s much larger capital, Kuching, also showed a hazardous reading of 311. Malaysia’s Ki...

By Associated Press

Johor air quality hits unhealthy levels, while Sarawak records very unhealthy API readings - The Straits Times

Johor air quality hits unhealthy levels, while Sarawak records very unhealthy API readings  The Straits Times

Malaysia declares state of emergency in Sarawak’s Serian after air pollutant index exceeds 500

Serian recorded an air pollutant index reading of 515 as of 5pm on Friday after haze there worsened overnight. Readings above 400 are classified as “very hazardous”.

King declares emergency in Serian over hazardous haze

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, has approved the declaration of an emergency...

By Malay Mail

Haze: State of emergency declared at Serian, says PMO - The Star

Haze: State of emergency declared at Serian, says PMO  The Star