Kanowit remains only area in Sarawak with very unhealthy air quality at noon
KUCHING (Sept 23): Lubok Antu moved out of the very unhealthy category by noon today after its Air Pollutant Index (API) reading dropped from 205 at 8am to 195. The improvement left Kanowit as the only station in Sarawak recording a very unhealthy reading at noon, with its API at 208, down from 244 at [...] The post Kanowit remains only area in Sarawak with very unhealthy air quality at noon…
Kanowit remained the sole Sarawak station with very unhealthy air quality at noon on September 23, according to the latest Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) readings. Its Air Pollutant Index (API) stood at 208, a decrease from 244 at 8am. Lubok Antu, which had previously been deemed very unhealthy, improved to 195 by noon.
Most Sarawak monitoring sites remained in the unhealthy category, with readings ranging from 105 to 195. Serian led the unhealthy readings at 186, followed by Sri Aman (180), Betong (178), Betong (174), and Samarahan (173). Kuching recorded 179, while Bintulu, Sarikei, Sibu, Miri, and Samalaju recorded 170, 168, 167, 161, and 162 respectively.
Bario was the only station outside of the unhealthy and very unhealthy categories, with a moderate reading of 74. API classifications are as follows: 0-50 is good, 51-100 moderate, 101-200 unhealthy, and 201-300 very unhealthy.
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