Malaysia Declares Haze Emergency in Sarawak as Air Quality Hits Hazardous Levels
Malaysian authorities have declared a state of emergency in the Serian district of Sarawak after air pollutant index readings exceeded 500, prompting health warnings and potential school closures. The severe haze has pushed local air quality into hazardous territory, affecting residents across the region.
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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...
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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”.
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