Southern states brace for haze from Sumatra

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia, particularly the southern states of Peninsular Malaysia, is bracing for haze from south Sumatra in the next three days.

Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) director-general Muhammad Helmi Abdullah said there were 119 hotspots in Kalimantan and 121 in Sumatra yesterday, as captured by the Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) satellite images.