Tag - Air Pollutant Index

Unhealthy API in Rompin following peat fires

PETALING JAYA: Peat fires have resulted in unhealthy air quality in Rompin, Pahang, says the Environment Department. Its director-general Datuk Wan Abdul Latiff Wan Jaffar said as at 11am on Tuesday (April 30), Rompin recorded an Air Pollutant Index (API) reading of 166 due to peat fires at the Pahang Coconut Valley plantation near Kampung Kerpal,...

16 areas in nine states record unhealthy API readings

KUALA LUMPUR: Unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings have spread to 16 places involving nine states in the country as of 9am on Monday (Oct 2). ALSO READ: Southern states brace for haze from Sumatra Based on the Malaysian API Management System (APIMS) website, Cheras in the federal capital recorded the highest API at 164, followed by Nilai...