{
  "id": 4982104,
  "title": "Kualiti udara di Sarawak bertambah baik",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/kualiti-udara-di-sarawak-bertambah-baik",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T00:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/09/02/kualiti-udara-di-sarawak-bertambah-baik"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Sarawak's air quality has shown improvement today, with only three regions recording an Air Pollution Index (APR) level of hazardous at 8am. According to the Air Quality Management System portal, the highest APR reading was noted in Serian (320), followed by Kuching (318) and Samarahan (302). Five other areas in Sarawak recorded an APR level of extremely unhealthy, namely Sibu (292), Sarikei (283), Mukah (241), Bintulu (226), and Sri Aman (214). Sixteen regions have an unhealthy air quality, including Samalaju (196), Kapit (187), Politeknik Kota Kinabalu (185), Miri Industrial Training Institute (183), Labuan and Miri (181), Kota Kinabalu (179), Kimanis (175), Keningau in Sabah, and Limbang in Sarawak (173), Johan Setia in Selangor (161), Sandakan (152), Putrajaya (148), Nilai (137), Tawau (123), and Seremban (116). Poor air quality is categorized by APR readings between 0-50 (good), 51-100 (moderate), 101-200 (unhealthy), 201-300 (very unhealthy), and above 300 (hazardous). APR data is released hourly based on readings from 68 air quality monitoring stations across the country.",
  "summary": "Lima kawasan lain di Sarawak mencatatkan bacaan IPU tahap sangat tidak sihat, iaitu Sibu (292), Sarikei (283), Mukah (241), Bintulu (226) dan Sri Aman (214).",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Kualiti udara di Sarawak bertambah baik",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/kualiti-udara-di-sarawak-bertambah-baik-4987371",
        "published": "2026-09-02T00:45:00.000Z"
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  },
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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."
}