Haze: Japan offers water-bombing aid as Kalimantan ISPU surges past 1,000

The Department of Environment (DOE) has detected 1,211 transboundary haze hotspots across the southern Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) region, with the majority found in Kalimantan. The data, gathered from NOAA satellite imagery analyzed by the Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) in Singapore, also recorded 18 hotspots in Sumatra and 13 in Malaysia, including two in Perak, two in Sabah, and nine in Sarawak.

The Regional Haze Map released by ASMC showed dry conditions prevailing across most of the southern Asean region, except for a few areas that received rainfall. However, several air quality monitoring stations in West Kalimantan, western and central Sarawak, western Peninsular Malaysia, and southern and central Sumatra recorded unhealthy to hazardous air quality levels.

The Asean Secretariat has activated Alert Level 3 for the region, and the DOE continues to monitor air quality, hotspots, weather conditions, and haze developments under the National Haze Action Plan (PTJK), coordinating response measures with relevant ministries and agencies.

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