2009 Southeast Asian haze
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The 2009 Southeast Asian haze was an episode of large scale air pollution primarily caused by slash and burn practices used to clear land for agricultural purposes in Sumatra, Indonesia. It affected the areas surrounding the Straits of Malacca which besides Indonesia include Malaysia and Singapore.
The haze began in early June 2009 and progressively became worse toward July. With a prevailing dry season caused by El Nino, burning and hence the haze was expected to continue until August or September when the monsoon season arrived.[1]
Malaysia
[edit]Air Pollution Index
[edit]Daily average API readings in June 2009 [1] | ||||||
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Date | George Town | Kuala Lumpur | Malacca Town | Johor Bahru | Kuantan | Kuching |
1 | Unavailable | 57 | 51 | 41 | 65 | 29 |
2 | 40 | 73 | 52 | 46 | 41 | 39 |
3 | 31 | 73 | 47 | 38 | 43 | 27 |
4 | 39 | 46 | 31 | 33 | 44 | 35 |
5 | 34 | 44 | 45 | 34 | 41 | 35 |
6 | 40 | 40 | 47 | 47 | 43 | 28 |
7 | 58 | 76 | 51 | 40 | 39 | 28 |
8 | 30 | 67 | 60 | 54 | 47 | 36 |
9 | 28 | 98 | 56 | 56 | 52 | 31 |
10 | 37 | 67 | 58 | 52 | 53 | 45 |
11 | 40 | 69 | 65 | 45 | 48 | 30 |
12 | 35 | 108 | 63 | 55 | 41 | 28 |
13 | 30 | 80 | 44 | 41 | 46 | 51 |
14 | 20 | 64 | 53 | 51 | 47 | 31 |
15 | 20 | 56 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 37 |
16 | 34 | 51 | 42 | 48 | 49 | 22 |
17 | 44 | 61 | 53 | 42 | 44 | 34 |
18 | 55 | 58 | 49 | 36 | 44 | 39 |
19 | 62 | 51 | 49 | 59 | 42 | 46 |
20 | 68 | 61 | 47 | 41 | 42 | 36 |
0-50 Good 51-100 Moderate 101-200 Unhealthy 201-300 Very unhealthy 301- Hazardous
References
[edit]- ^ "Indonesia forest fires flare, Malaysia hit by haze". Reuters. 12 June 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012.
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Southeast Asian haze
- 2009 in Southeast Asia
- 2009 natural disasters
- 2009 in Indonesia
- 2009 in Malaysia
- 2009 in Singapore
- 2009 in Thailand
- 2009 in the environment
- Air pollution in Malaysia
- Environment of Malaysia
- Environment of Singapore
- Environmental issues in Thailand
- Environmental disasters in Asia
- Fires in Indonesia
- Health disasters in Malaysia
- Health in Singapore
- Health in Thailand