Sunday, 13 September 2026

Air quality in Lubok Antu the one left under very unhealthy category as other locations showing improvement

KUCHING, Sept 13 2026: The air quality in Lubok Antu is the only one left to be categorised as very unhealthy as at 10am this morning, according to the Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) in its Facebook post.

Caption: The hotspots dotting Kalimantan

The weather monitoring station recorded the air pollutant index (API) reading at 201 level.

The air quality in Serian, which was categorised as very unhealthy last night, is now categorised as unhealthy.

The API reading in Serian was recorded at 184 level.

Overall, the air quality across Sarawak has improved significantly over the last few days.

The monitoring stations recorded nine locations with air quality as unhealthy as nine locations with moderate air quality category.

Bario is the only location with “good” air quality status.

The API reading in Bario was at 48 level.

THE API READINGS RECORDED AT 10AM

STATION                               INDEX      STATUS

KUCHING

156

Unhealthy

SAMARAHAN

156

Unhealthy

SERIAN

184

Unhealthy

SIMANGGANG

172

Unhealthy

SARIKEI

90

Moderate

SIBU

104

Unhealthy

MUKAH

79

Moderate

KAPIT

76

Moderate

BINTULU

75

Moderate

SAMALAJU

71

Moderate

MIRI

71

Moderate

ILP MIRI

61

Moderate

LIMBANG

55

Moderate

LUNDU

118

Unhealthy

TEBEDU

130

Unhealthy

LUBOK ANTU

201

Very Unhealthy

KANOWIT

150

Unhealthy

LAWAS

62

Moderate

BARIO

48

Good

BETONG (MCAQM)

170

Unhealthy

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