{
  "id": 5536182,
  "title": "Malaysia declares emergency in Sarawak town as haze pollution level hits 521",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/malaysia-declares-emergency-in-sarawak-town-as-haze-pollution-level",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T10:15:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3366397/malaysia-declares-emergency-sarawak-town-haze-pollution-level-hits-521"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Malaysia declared an emergency on Friday in a town in Sarawak state on Borneo Island after air pollution breached the country’s emergency-level threshold linked to fires in neighbouring Indonesia. The Air Pollutant Index in Serian, a small agricultural town of just under 90,000 near the border of Indonesia’s Kalimantan province, surged to 521 on Friday, according to Malaysia’s environment…",
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    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Air quality in Serian exceeds emergency level at 517",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/air-quality-in-serian-exceeds-emergency-level-at-517",
        "published": "2026-09-04T03:08:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Serian API hits 518 as haze persists in Sarawak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/serian-api-hits-518-as-haze-persists-in-sarawak",
        "published": "2026-09-04T03:14:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Serian API hits hazardous 518, emergency declaration possible",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/serian-api-hits-hazardous-518-emergency-declaration-possible",
        "published": "2026-09-04T03:28:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "Sarawak declares emergency in Serian district due to haze",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/sarawak-declares-emergency-in-serian-district-due-to-haze",
        "published": "2026-09-04T08:42:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Sarawak town chokes as haze pushes air pollution past Malaysia’s emergency threshold",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/sarawak-town-chokes-as-haze-pushes-air-pollution-past-malaysias",
        "published": "2026-09-04T09:06:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}