Clear skies in Sarawak, 41 areas in peninsula with unhealthy air quality
Ten locations in Sarawak record 'moderate' API readings while three were in the 'good' category as of 9am.
Sarawak is experiencing better air quality compared to the rest of the peninsula, with none of its monitoring stations recording unhealthy air pollutant index (API) readings this morning. All 41 locations in the peninsula with unhealthy API readings were affected, with Johan Setia in Selangor leading the list at 187. Other areas in the same category included Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Putrajaya, Shah Alam, Seremban, Batu Muda, and Petaling Jaya and Klang, Selangor.
In Sarawak, which had previously been the worst impacted by the haze, ten locations were in the moderate category, with API readings ranging from 51 to 73. Kuching recorded the highest reading at 73, followed by Sibu and IPD Serian, both at 66. Four locations in Sarawak, including Limbang and Sarikei, had good air quality, along with Kota Kinabalu, which had an API reading of 43.
The API scale ranges from 0 to 50 (good), 51 to 100 (moderate), 101 to 200 (unhealthy), 201 to 300 (very unhealthy), and above 300 (hazardous).
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