Serian’s air quality deteriorated to the hazardous level again this morning, less than a day after the emergency declared in the Sarawak district last Friday was lifted.
According to the Air Pollutant Index Management System portal, the API reading at the IPD Serian monitoring station reached 302 as of 9am, placing it in the hazardous category.
Three other areas in Sarawak recorded very unhealthy readings, with Kuching at 249, Sri Aman at 235 and Samarahan at 233.
Nationwide, another 24 areas recorded unhealthy air quality.
In Sarawak, six areas fell into the unhealthy category: Mukah (184), Sarikei (183), Samalaju (178), Bintulu (170), ILP Miri (169) and Miri (165).
Selangor also recorded six areas with unhealthy readings: Johan Setia (168), Shah Alam (164), Banting (159), Klang (156), Petaling Jaya (154) and Kuala Selangor (152).
Perak recorded four areas in the unhealthy category — Tasek Ipoh (161), Seri Manjung (159), Tanjung Malim (156) and Pegoh Ipoh (152).
Other locations recording unhealthy API readings were Batu Muda in Kuala Lumpur (158), Cheras (155), Nilai in Negeri Sembilan (157), Seremban (152), Alor Gajah in Melaka (143), Bukit Rambai (141), Putrajaya (155) and Labuan (118).
Meanwhile, 36 areas nationwide recorded moderate air quality, while two areas registered good readings.
Under Malaysia’s API classification, readings from 0 to 50 indicate good air quality, 51 to 100 moderate, 101 to 200 unhealthy, 201 to 300 very unhealthy, while readings above 300 are classified as hazardous.
