Wikinews has news related to this article: Haze crisis over Malaysia prompts talks with Indonesia The 2005 Malaysian haze is a week-long choking smog-like haze over Malaysia that has prompted crisis talks with Indonesia and has caused widespread inconvenience. This was a comeback of the haze crisis which last hit Malaysia in September 1997. Wikinews logo. ...
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Initial onset
The cause of the haze is identified as "hotspots" (zones with high temperature levels as seen via satellite imagery) in Malaysia and Indonesia. Lingering smoke from forest fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra are identified as the primary cause. Farmers regularly burn scrub and forest to clear land during the dry season for agricultural purposes, but this is the worst haze that has hit Malaysia since the 1997 haze. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 517 KB) Uploaded to Flickr on August 11, 2005 by servus under the Creative Commons license. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 517 KB) Uploaded to Flickr on August 11, 2005 by servus under the Creative Commons license. ...
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On August 10 2005, air quality in the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur was so poor, health officials advised citizens to stay at home with doors closed. Some schools were closed to keep children from being exposed to the haze. Mayor Datuk Ruslin Hasan District Kuala Lumpur District Area - Total (City) 243. ...
Emergency Ruling in Port Klang and Kuala Selangor On August 11, 2005 a state of emergency was announced for the worlds 12th largest port, Port Klang and the district of Kuala Selangor after air pollution there reached dangerous levels (defined as a value greater than 500 on the Air Pollution Index or API). This was the first time the state of emergency was imposed in Malaysia since the September 1997 haze, where Sarawak was placed in a state of emergency due to similar reasons (hazardous API levels). August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Kuala Selangor is a town located in Selangor, Malaysia, and is capital of an administrative district of Selangor with the same name. ...
The state of emergency in the two affected areas meant that schools, government officials, the port, and offices will be closed. However, shops carrying neccessities such as supermarkets and pharmacies will remain open.
After the API levels dropped to acceptable levels, the state of emergency was later removed on August 13. August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ...
Resolution By August 13 2005, air quality and visibility returned to normal in Kuala Lumpur, as the haze moved northwards to the states of Perlis, Kedah and Penang, according to the Department of Environment (JAS) API reading. And by August 16th, air quality throughout Malaysia had returned to normal according to JAS statistics, as the haze was blown further northwards into Thailand. August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ...
Mayor Datuk Ruslin Hasan District Kuala Lumpur District Area - Total (City) 243. ...
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Kuala Lumpur International Airport was unaffected during the hazy period but flights for non-radar equiped planes from Subang airport were suspended until conditions cleared on August 13th. KLIAs control tower. ...
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As of August 16, cloud seeding operations using RMAF (Royal Malaysian Air Force) C130s continue throughout Malaysia, although the haze has moved north of Malaysia into Thailand. August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Malaysia's Environment Minister, Adenan Satem, and Commodities Minister, Peter Chin, will meet with Indonesia's forestry minister and officials from its environment ministry in Medan, according to Malaysian media. Malaysia has sent 125 firefighters while Australia has sent 12 bushfire experts to fight Indonesia's estimated 1000+ forest and scrub fires (estimate reached by counting hotspots greater than 1km on satellite imagery, example of such an image shown below). Medan may refer to: Medan, France - a commune of the Yvelines département. ...
Other nations are also begining to pledge aid to Indonesia, including an offer from Singapore of planes for cloud seeding. This could turn out to be a good pre-emptive move, as the Singapore economy is very dependant on trade through the Malacca Straits, and further haze would probably cause delays and damage the Singapore economy. Japan, Korea and Thailand have also offered help. Cloud seeding is the attempt to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls out of clouds or the structure of clouds by using certain chemicals dispersed by various means. ...
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On August 22, Malaysia extended its cloud seeding operations to include Indonesia, as requested by Indonesia. August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ...
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The haze made a brief return on September 11. [1] September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ...
API readings
 Density of the smoke on August 10, 2005. The air pollutant index readings (API) were released for the first time by the Malaysian government since 1997. Up to date readings are now available for the 51 sites monitored automatically and continously via the Department of Environment, Malaysia. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x775, 82 KB) http://earthobservatory. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x775, 82 KB) http://earthobservatory. ...
An air quality measurement station in Edinburgh, Scotland The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a standardized index of the air quality in a given location, given in parts per billion. ...
Following are API readings recorded during the onset of haze, 10 August, 2005 (refer Related article from the New Straits Times):
Port Klang (in Malay Pelabuhan Klang) is the main port of Malaysia, located in the district of Klang in the state of Selangor. ...
Kuala Selangor is a town located in Selangor, Malaysia, and is capital of an administrative district of Selangor with the same name. ...
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Mayor Datuk Ruslin Hasan District Kuala Lumpur District Area - Total (City) 243. ...
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Sources
External links - Eyewitness photographs of the haze
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