(UPDATED) Four towns, including Kuching, recording hazardous air quality levels

KUCHING, Aug 30 2026: As at 2pm today, weather monitoring stations have recorded four towns registering air pollutant index (API) at hazardous levels. 

INDEX	STATUS	HEALTH EFFECT
0 – 50	Good		Low pollution without any bad effect on health.
51 – 100	Moderate		Moderate pollution that does not pose any bad effect on health.
101 – 200	Unhealthy		Worsen the health condition of high risk people who is the people with heart and lung complications.
201 – 300	Very Unhealthy		Worsen the health condition and low tolerance of physical exercises to people with heart and lung complications. Affect public health.
> 300	Hazardous		Hazardous to high risk people and public health.

IPD Serian recorded an API reading of 426, and this is followed by Samarahan with an API reading of 336.

The state capital Kuching has just joined in with an API reading of 313 and Tebedu with an API reading of 310. 

Overall, the air quality throughout Sarawak is deteriorating further in each passing hour. hour. 

Limbang, which two hours ago registered a moderate air quality with an API reading of 97, now recorded at API reading of 107.

AIR POLLUTANT INDEX (API) FOR SARAWAK

Sunday 30 August 2026, 12:00 P.M.

 

STATION	INDEX	STATUS
KUCHING	313	Hazardous
SAMARAHAN	336	Hazardous
IPD SERIAN	426	Hazardous
SRI AMAN	228	Very Unhealthy
SARIKEI	197	Unhealthy
SIBU	190	Unhealthy
MUKAH	176	Unhealthy
KAPIT	161	Unhealthy
BINTULU	183	Unhealthy
SAMALAJU	175	Unhealthy
MIRI	159	Unhealthy
ILP MIRI	156	Unhealthy
LIMBANG	107	Moderate
LUNDU	236	Very Unhealthy
TEBEDU	310	Hazardous
LUBOK ANTU	243	Very Unhealthy
LAWAS	114	Unhealthy
BARIO	121	Unhealthy
Nota: i. API is calculated based on 24-hour running average of the most dominant parameter.