Bintulu schools go online till Sept 11 as haze pushes API past 200

KUCHING, Sept 6 — A total of 54 primary schools and nine secondary schools in Bintulu Division, comprising the Bin...

Country implements state of emergency in Sarawak's Serian district after air pollution reaches 'hazardous' levels.

Malaysia has declared an emergency in a town in Sarawak state due to severe air pollution linked to fires in Indonesia

Only essential services to operate in affected area as authorities extend cloud seeding

Haze is a recurring seasonal problem in Southeast Asia, where smoke from forest and peat fires in Indonesia can travel across national borders and affect neighbouring Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore.

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

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”.

Malaysia declares emergency in Serian district in Sarawak state due to haze  Reuters

Sarawak town chokes as haze pushes air pollution past Malaysia’s emergency threshold  Toronto Star

Air pollution in a town in Malaysia's Sarawak state has breached emergency levels due to haze from forest fires in neighboring Indonesia