{
  "id": 4318617,
  "title": "Serian tops hazardous API chart at 364, multiple Sarawak districts suffer worsening air",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/serian-tops-hazardous-api-chart-at-364-multiple-sarawak-districts",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T01:20:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/08/30/serian-tops-hazardous-api-chart-at-364-multiple-sarawak-districts-suffer-worsening-air/233237"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Air Pollutant Index (API) reading at Serian, Sarawak, has reached a hazardous level of 364, according to the Department of Environment's Air Pollutant Index Management System (APIMS) portal. This reading, taken at 8am, signifies a dangerous air quality level, surpassing the hazardous threshold of 300. Three other Sarawakian districts—Samarahan, Kuching, and Sri Aman—have also been flagged with very unhealthy API readings of 300, 291, and 214, respectively. The API scale ranges from zero to 50 (good air quality) to above 300 (hazardous). An API reading above 300 is considered hazardous, indicating a serious air quality issue.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Borneo Post Online",
        "title": "Serian’s API hits hazardous 357, three Sarawak areas very unhealthy as of 7am on Sunday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/serians-api-hits-hazardous-357-three-sarawak-areas-very-unhealthy-as",
        "published": "2026-08-30T00:31:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Serian tops hazardous API chart at 364, multiple Sarawak districts suffer worsening air",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/serian-tops-hazardous-api-chart-at-364-multiple-sarawak-districts-4319661",
        "published": "2026-08-30T01:20:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Serian records hazardous API reading",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/serian-records-hazardous-api-reading",
        "published": "2026-08-30T01:30:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Vibes",
        "title": "Serian air pollution hits hazardous level as haze blankets Sarawak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/serian-air-pollution-hits-hazardous-level-as-haze-blankets-sarawak",
        "published": "2026-08-30T01:58:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}