Haze-belching fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra have driven PSI levels up in Singapore. What affects air quality here, and how does the current situation compare with previous episodes? In the past few ...

At 11pm, hourly PM2.5 readings spiked across all five regions, ranging from 74 to 142. The central region logged a reading of 142, up from 108 earlier. The reading in the east climbed by 44 points to ...

Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching (left) adjusts the N95 face mask on then Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng. Face masks will not work effectively if they are not properly fitted and sealed to our face. — Filepic When the ...

Residents in Singapore woke up to unhealthy air quality again with three regions in the unhealthy range on Sunday (Sept 27) morning. The 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) turned unhealthy in ...

Air quality returned to the unhealthy range in central Singapore on Saturday (Sept 26) evening, with a 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) reading of 104. At 8pm, PSI ranged from 74 to 104 — in ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 — While public health warnings during haze episodes typically focus on respiratory health, medical experts are sounding the alarm on the hidden, often overlooked impact of ...

For months, millions of people have been living under a stifling blanket of toxic haze, fueled by a punishing drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern. Fires were still active last week in ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Haze is expected to persist in Malaysia until early 2027 due to prolonged hot and dry weather fueled by El Nino phenomenon, the country's Minister of Natural Resources and ...

Some 175,000 people in Indonesia have suffered from respiratory illness since August, its health ministry said, as it continues to battle wildfires that have raged for weeks. More than 40,000 cases – ...

JAKARTA: More than 170,000 respiratory cases were recorded in regions affected by haze in Indonesia, a health ministry official said Tuesday (Sep 22), as the country battles for weeks to control fires ...

SINGAPORE: Companies are stepping up precautions for employees amid the ongoing haze, with some prepared to introduce additional measures if air quality worsens. Several firms have begun distributing ...