Strong Borneo wind brings back the haze up north


Searing heat and haze: An angler fishing under the hot sun at the Esplanade with the North Butterworth Container Terminal shrouded in haze. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: A strong Borneo wind blowing east to west – over 1,600km away – is bringing up smoke from more than 20 detected forest fires in West Kalimantan into the Southwest Monsoon and towards northern Malaysia.

And this will continue for the next few days, according to Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre’s (ASMC) Regional Haze Situation Analysis yesterday.

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