{
  "id": 6737738,
  "title": "Sarawak stays hazy with 11 areas showing poor air quality",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/sarawak-stays-hazy-with-11-areas-showing-poor-air-quality-6737738",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T08:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/09/11/sarawak-stays-hazy-with-11-areas-showing-poor-air-quality"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On a hazy day in Sarawak, eleven locations in the state were among the top 15 worst for air quality. Serian was the worst, with an unhealthy API reading of 216 at 3:30pm. Ten other areas in Sarawak, including Samarahan, Kuching, and Sarikei, also recorded unhealthy air quality. API readings ranged from 151 to 184 in these locations. Samarahan topped the list with 184, followed by Kuching at 182, and Sri Aman at 181. Additional areas with poor air quality included Sarikei, Samalaju, Sibu, Bintulu, Mukah, Miri, and Pasir Gudang in Johor, as well as Johan Setia in Selangor and a school in Sabah. The remaining three areas were not in Sarawak. Meanwhile, 46 areas in the peninsula had moderate air quality, and eight had good air quality. An API reading between 0-50 indicated good air quality, 51-100 moderate, 101-200 unhealthy, 201-300 very unhealthy, and over 300 hazardous.",
  "summary": "Rest of the country record moderate or good API readings except for Pasir Gudang, Johan Setia and Kota Kinabalu.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Sarawak stays hazy with 11 areas showing poor air quality",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/sarawak-stays-hazy-with-11-areas-showing-poor-air-quality",
        "published": "2026-09-11T08:03:00.000Z"
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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."
}