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    Haze returned to parts of Penang and Sarawak in Malaysia, with air quality reaching unhealthy levels in some areas. Monitoring stations showed deteriorating air quality since early Monday morning. Several areas in Sarawak also recorded unhealthy air quality on Monday, with Sri Aman seeing the highest reading in the country.

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    Haze back in Penang and Sarawak, with air quality unhealthy in several areas

    Monitoring stations saw rapidly deteriorating air quality since the early hours of Sept 4. PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS
    NETWORK

    UPDATED

    SEP 4, 2023, 7:04 PM SGT

    GEORGE TOWN - The haze is back in Malaysia, with the air quality index at unhealthy
    levels in some areas in Penang and Sarawak.

    Air quality monitor IQ Air’s data shows the Tanjung Bungah monitoring stations near
    the Alila2 condominium and the Dalat International School posted air pollutant index
    (API) readings of 149 and 107 respectively.

    This is categorised as “unhealthy” for sensitive groups.

    On the mainland, the IQ Air station in Lorong Terinai, Bukit Tengah had an air quality
    index of 141 while Seberang Jaya recorded 129.

    An API reading of zero to 50 is considered good, 51 to 100 is moderate, and 101 to 200 is
    unhealthy.

    All four stations saw rapidly deteriorating air quality since the early hours of Monday.

    Hazy conditions also hit parts of east Malaysian state Sarawak with Sri Aman, Kuching
    and Serian recording unhealthy air quality on Monday.
    At 9am Sri Aman recorded a reading of 154, the highest in the country, and this was
    followed by Kuching at 133 and Serian at 128.

    Other parts of Sarawak recorded moderate API readings.

    Sarawak’s Fire and Rescue Department advised locals to stop open burning to prevent
    the haze in the state from worsening.

    Department director Khirudin Drahman said fire chiefs from different zones have been
    instructed to monitor the situation, and the Natural Resource and Environmental Board
    has stopped issuing permits for open burning.

    “We can discuss with our neighbouring country (to follow suit),” he said, adding that he
    hoped Indonesia would cooperate by ceasing open burning activity.

    According to the Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre, or ASMC, satellite imagery


    showed moderate to dense smoke haze over southern and south-eastern Kalimantan of
    Indonesia, drifting towards the north-west.

    Slight to moderate smoke haze was also observed over parts of west Kalimantan, drifting
    northwards to western Sarawak.

    “There is also an elevated risk of the transboundary smoke haze in the border region
    between west Kalimantan and western Sarawak,” ASMC said in its weather and haze
    outlook on Sunday evening.

    The ASMC website also recorded 154 hot spots in Kalimantan on Sunday, against three
    in Sabah and Sarawak, and forest burning has been reported in Indonesia.

    Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar
    Pandjaitan in June said that transboundary haze originating from Indonesia will not be
    an issue any more, because the country is well-prepared for it.

    He said the authorities are looking to use climate-modification technology to produce


    artificial rain and to strengthen water reserves, which could help to prevent peatland
    fires. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK

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