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Saturday, October 3, 2015

Unhealthy air in Klang Valley, Johor, Negri Sembilan, Malacca

Residents in the Klang Valley, Negri Sembilan, Malacca and Johor woke up today to yet another day of smoky conditions, with the Air Pollutant Index (API) readings charting a steady increase in the unhealthy level since 6am.
With the exception of Kuala Selangor, all areas in Selangor registered API of unhealthy levels.
They are, Banting where the API level rose from 101 at 6am to 108 as of 9am, Port Klang (from 121 to 128), Petaling Jaya (101 to 108) and Shah Alam (114 to 120).
In Kuala Lumpur, the API for Batu Muda also spiked from 113 as of 6am to 117 as of 9am, while Putrajaya's API levels were also on the upswing in the same time frame, from 106 to 113.
Visibility in Petaling Jaya was at 400m as of 10am, while in Subang and Sepang (KLIA) it was at 800m.
Neighbouring state Negri Sembilan registered an API of 134 at its industrial town of Nilai, while state capital Seremban recorded 130, and the resort town of Port Dickson 106.
Three other places that had unhealthy levels were Malacca city and Bukit Rambai in Malacca, which registered 122 and 119, while Johor's port of Pasir Gudang recorded an API of 107.
As of 9am, 13 places recorded good API readings, 27 moderate and 12 unhealthy.
According to the Department of Environment's website, an API in the 0-50 range is good, 51-100 is moderate, 100-200 is unhealthy, 200 to 300 very unhealthy; and above 300, hazardous.
Areas in the northern part of the peninsula as well as the Borneon states of Sabah and Sarawak were largely untouched by the smoke, which has been blamed on land-clearing activities in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Malaysia and Singapore have been enveloped in smog for years and the problem has remained unresolved.
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar had recently said the signing of a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Malaysia and Indonesia to tackle the perennial problem had been postponed for the second time, because his Indonesian counterpart was engaged with the handling of operations to put out forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
However, The Star reported today that the smoky conditions are expected to improve slightly from Tuesday, citing tropical storm Mujigae, which is expected to hit China's Hainan island on Monday.
“The presence of this tropical storm will affect wind patterns in our region for a few days and there will be less rainfall.
“After the storm hits land, the wind strength is expected to weaken and our country will experience humidity with rain in the west coast states, western Sarawak and the west coast of Sabah,” Meteorological Department director-general Datuk Che Gayah Ismail was quoted as saying.
- TMI

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