Friday, 4 September 2026

Serian, Lubok Antu recording a very hazardous air quality level as at 5am this morning

KUCHING, Sept 4 2026: Serian and Lubok Antu recorded a very hazardous air quality as at 5am this morning, according to the Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) in its latest Air Pollutant Index (API) status for Sarawak.

Caption: Poor visibility in Tabuan Jaya - File photo

Serian recorded an API reading of 473 while Lubok Antu 412, the level above 400 reading being categorised as very hazardous to people and public health.

Lundu and Tebedu both recorded a hazardous API reading of 322.

Kuching, along with Simanggang and Samarahan registered a very unhealthy air quality.

The API reading for Kuching was 272, Simanggang 254 and Samarahan 252.

The weather monitoring stations recorded three areas with moderate air quality.

They are Bario (82), Kapit (90) and Miri (97).

 

4 September 2026, Friday 5.00 A.M.

 

 

 

 

 

STATION

INDEX

STATUS

 

KUCHING

272

Very Unhealthy

 

SAMARAHAN

252

Very Unhealthy

 

IPD SERIAN (MCAQM)

473

Very Hazardous

 

SIMANGGANG

254

Very Unhealthy

 

SARIKEI

181

Unhealthy

 

SIBU

173

Unhealthy

 

MUKAH

168

Unhealthy

 

KAPIT

90

Moderate

 

BINTULU

160

Unhealthy

 

SAMALAJU

154

Unhealthy

 

MIRI

97

Moderate

 

ILP MIRI

152

Unhealthy

 

LIMBANG

110

Unhealthy

 

LUNDU

322

Hazardous

 

TEBEDU

322

Hazardous

 

LUBOK ANTU

412

Very Hazardous

 

KANOWIT

200

Unhealthy

 

LAWAS

152

Unhealthy

 

BARIO

82

Moderate

 

BETONG (MCAQM)

195

Unhealthy

 

 

 

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