PALEMBANG: Haze that blanketed the South Sumatra provincial capital of Palembang during Thursday morning’s rush hour was so thick it obscured the tops of tall cellphone towers and there is no relief in sight, weather forecasters said.
Emanating from forest and land fires in Jambi, as well as South Sumatra, the smothering shroud expanded north to neighbouring Riau, just one province removed from Singapore.
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