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2009 Southeast Asian haze

Haze over the Southeast Asia region in mid-2009

The 2009 Southeast Asian haze was an episode of large scale air pollution primarily caused by slash and burn practices used to clear land for agricultural purposes in Sumatra, Indonesia. It affected the areas surrounding the Straits of Malacca which besides Indonesia include Malaysia and Singapore.

The haze began in early June 2009 and progressively became worse toward July. With a prevailing dry season caused by El Nino, burning and hence the haze was expected to continue until August or September when the monsoon season arrived.

Malaysia

Air Pollution Index

Daily average API readings in June 2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090616071719/http://www.doe.gov.my/apims/calender.php](https://web.archive.org/web/20090616071719/http://www.doe.gov.my/apims/calender.php)	Date		align=center	George Town		align=center	Kuala Lumpur		align=center	Malacca Town		align=center	Johor Bahru		align=center	Kuantan		align=center	Kuching
1	Unavailable
2	40
3	31
4	39
5	34
6	40
7	58
8	30
9	28
10	37
11	40
12	35
13	30
14	20
15	20
16	34
17	44
18	55
19	62
20	68

0-50 Good 51-100 Moderate 101-200 Unhealthy 201-300 Very unhealthy 301- Hazardous

References

(12 June 2009). "Indonesia forest fires flare, Malaysia hit by haze". Reuters.

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