MIRI (Bernama): Eight areas in Sarawak recorded unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings compared to six yesterday (Sept 6), with Kuching registering a very unhealthy API reading of 204, as at 9am Saturday (Sept 7) morning.
Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee secretariat head Major Ismail Mahedin, from the Sarawak Civil Defence Force, said the API reading for Miri city, SK Baram 2 and the Industrial Training Centre recorded readings of between 106 and 186.
“Other areas with unhealthy API readings are Sri Aman, Samarahan, Sarikei, Sibu and Mukah,” he said in a statement here. He added that 12 hotspots were detected in Sarawak while Indonesia had 1,087 hotspots in Kalimantan and 306 in Sumatera. An API reading of 0-50 shows good air quality, 51-100 , 101-200 , 201-300 while 300 and above is hazardous. – Bernama
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