Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Air quality in Serian and Lundu out of the hazardous category

KUCHING, Sept 8 2026: The air quality in Serian and Lundu has improved and is no longer categorised as hazardous.

Caption: The hazy condition along Tun Jugah Road early Wednesday morning 

As at 5pm this afternoon, the air pollutant index (API) readings for the two locations were labelled as very unhealthy.

However, the API reading in Lundu was registered at 299 while the API reading in Serian was recorded at 246.

According to the Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB), the API reading in Kuching stood at 246 level, while the registered API readings in Samarahan was 224 and Simanggang, 222.

The air quality in Lubok Antu was labelled as very unhealthy.

The API reading in Lubok Antu was recorded at 203.

The weather monitoring stations recorded 10 locations with unhealthy and four locations with moderate air quality.

 

 

 

 

 

STATION

INDEX

STATUS

 

KUCHING

248

Very Unhealthy

 

SAMARAHAN

224

Very Unhealthy

 

SERIAN

246

Very Unhealthy

 

SIMANGGANG

222

Very Unhealthy

 

SARIKEI

185

Unhealthy

 

SIBU

165

Unhealthy

 

MUKAH

183

Unhealthy

 

KAPIT

96

Moderate

 

BINTULU

168

Unhealthy

 

SAMALAJU

179

Unhealthy

 

MIRI

164

Unhealthy

 

ILP MIRI

173

Unhealthy

 

LIMBANG

80

Moderate

 

LUNDU

299

Very Unhealthy

 

TEBEDU

199

Unhealthy

 

LUBOK ANTU

203

Very Unhealthy

 

KANOWIT

182

Unhealthy

 

LAWAS

95

Moderate

 

BARIO

56

Moderate

 

BETONG (MCAQM)

181

Unhealthy

 

 

 

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