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Saat Malaysia Berjuang Tekan Polusi Udara di Sarawak
Malaysia berjuang menekan polusi udara akibat asap kebakaran hutan Indonesia yang melintasi perbatasan ke Sarawak dan Singapura. Negara bagian Sarawak menetapkan keadaan darurat setelah Indeks Pencemaran Udara di Serian mencapai 521, sehingga pemerintah Malaysia mengoperasikan pesawat Herkules C-130 untuk penyemaian awan demi menambah curah hujan. Sementara itu, beberapa daerah di Kalimantan dan Sumatera juga tercatat memiliki kualitas udara dalam kategori tidak sehat hingga berbahaya.
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- Indonesia's forest fires caused cross-border haze pollution affecting Malaysia and other countries.
- Malaysia declared a state of emergency on Friday (4/9/2026) in Serian, Sarawak, after pollution exceeded emergency thresholds.
- Malaysia's Air Force deployed a Hercules C-130 from Kuching airbase on Sunday (6/9/2026) for cloud-seeding to increase rainfall.
- Malaysia's environment department recorded an Air Pollution Index of 521 in Serian on Friday.
- Serian is a small agricultural town with a population under 90,000 located near the Kalimantan border.
- Kuching, Sarawak's capital, recorded a hazardous Air Pollution Index of 311.
- Sarawak is Malaysia's state most severely affected by haze, with several areas recording hazardous air levels for consecutive days.
- Haze from Indonesian forest and peat fires reached Singapore's Central Business District, including Marina Bay, Orchard Road, and Chinatown, on Friday (4/9/2026).
- Singapore's 24-hour Pollution Standards Index on that day ranged from 83 to 116, classified as moderate to unhealthy.
- Singapore advised residents to reduce prolonged outdoor exertion when air reached unhealthy levels.
- Singapore specifically warned pregnant women, children, and people with lung or heart conditions to avoid prolonged outdoor physical activity.
- BMKG data on Monday (7/9/2026) at 09:00 WIB showed air quality across parts of Kalimantan and Sumatra ranged from unhealthy to hazardous.
- Air is classified as unhealthy when particulate concentration measures 55.5–150.4 micrograms per cubic meter.
- Air is classified as very unhealthy when particulate concentration measures 150.5–250.4 micrograms per cubic meter.
- Air is classified as hazardous when particulate concentration exceeds 250.5 micrograms per cubic meter.
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