{
  "id": 6572841,
  "title": "Sarawak dominates unhealthy API readings, Serian highest at 183",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/sarawak-dominates-unhealthy-api-readings-serian-highest-at-183",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T10:51:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/09/1529979/sarawak-dominates-unhealthy-api-readings-serian-highest-183"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sarawak has dominated the highest unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings in Malaysia, with Serian recording the country's highest reading at 183. Eleven areas nationwide are currently experiencing unhealthy air quality, with Sarawak's Sarikei, Samarahan, Kuching, Samalaju, Sri Aman, Sibu, and Mukah following closely. In the peninsula, Batu Muda and Kuala Lumpur recorded 167, while Johor's Larkin and Pasir Gudang were also in the unhealthy range.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Haze bites: 14 areas nationwide hit unhealthy air levels, 11 of them in Sarawak alone",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/haze-bites-14-areas-nationwide-hit-unhealthy-air-levels-11-of-them-in",
        "published": "2026-09-11T03:23:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}