{
  "id": 335123,
  "title": "Five Sarawak areas record unhealthy API levels amid transboundary haze",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/five-sarawak-areas-record-unhealthy-api-levels-amid-transboundary-haze-335123",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-09T01:59:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
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    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/08/09/five-sarawak-areas-record-unhealthy-api-levels-amid-transboundary-haze/230659"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Five areas in Sarawak are currently experiencing unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) levels due to transboundary haze, according to data from the Air Pollutant Index Management System (APIMS). These areas include Kuching, Samarahan, Serian, Bintulu, and Samalaju, with API readings of 153, 156, 170, 156, and 151 respectively. This situation follows a previous report from the previous day where Sarawak Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas had warned that transboundary haze was expected to affect 19 areas in Sarawak over the next few days, with smoke originating from hotspots in neighboring regions being transported into the state by current wind patterns.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Bernama",
        "title": "General : Transboundary Haze: Five Areas In Sarawak Record Unhealthy API Readings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/general-transboundary-haze-five-areas-in-sarawak-record-unhealthy-api",
        "published": "2026-08-09T00:16:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "5 areas in Sarawak record unhealthy API readings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/5-areas-in-sarawak-record-unhealthy-api-readings",
        "published": "2026-08-09T01:12:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Five Sarawak areas record unhealthy API levels amid transboundary haze",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/five-sarawak-areas-record-unhealthy-api-levels-amid-transboundary-haze",
        "published": "2026-08-09T01:59:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Haze: 8 areas in Sarawak, Johan Setia in Selangor record unhealthy API",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/haze-8-areas-in-sarawak-johan-setia-in-selangor-record-unhealthy-api",
        "published": "2026-08-09T11:58:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}