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03-10-2015, 09:00 PM
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Haze crisis set to be 'one of the worst on record'
The transboundaryhaze crisis, which has sent air pollution levels soaring, is on course to set a new precedent with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) the latest to say it could become one of the worst on record.
Palangkaraya, the capital of Central Kalimantan - one of the hardest hit by smoke from raging forest fires in Indonesia - yesterday had a Pollutant Standards Index PSI) level that hit 1,936. In Indonesia, a PSI reading of 350 and above is considered hazardous. It takes a far lower reading for schools to be closed.
Thousands of troops and policemen have been deployed to fight forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra, the other island where fires are burning on peatlands starved of moisture due to the lack of rain.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?217601-KNN-This-Hazy-Blitzkrieg-is-THE-WORST!!!&goto=newpost).
http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/x_large/public/articles/2015/10/03/ST_20151003_HAZE03_1732213.jpg?itok=yu5d3rAK
Haze crisis set to be 'one of the worst on record'
The transboundaryhaze crisis, which has sent air pollution levels soaring, is on course to set a new precedent with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) the latest to say it could become one of the worst on record.
Palangkaraya, the capital of Central Kalimantan - one of the hardest hit by smoke from raging forest fires in Indonesia - yesterday had a Pollutant Standards Index PSI) level that hit 1,936. In Indonesia, a PSI reading of 350 and above is considered hazardous. It takes a far lower reading for schools to be closed.
Thousands of troops and policemen have been deployed to fight forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra, the other island where fires are burning on peatlands starved of moisture due to the lack of rain.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?217601-KNN-This-Hazy-Blitzkrieg-is-THE-WORST!!!&goto=newpost).