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Comments on other issues: 154 hotspots detected in Riau
July 20, OnlineTerra and Aqua satellites detected 154 hotspots in areas across Riau province on Sunday, indicating forest and land fires had increased again following a decline in rainfall
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strong>July 20, Online
Terra and Aqua satellites detected 154 hotspots in areas across Riau province on Sunday, indicating forest and land fires had increased again following a decline in rainfall.
'The number of hotspots in Sumatra has reached 195, 154 of which are located in Riau,' Agus Wibowo, head of the data and information division at the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), said in Pekanbaru on Sunday as quoted by Antara news agency.
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I am so angry about this! I am sitting on the beach on Pangkor Island on the west coast of Malaysia about midway between Kuala Lumpur and Penang, and I can barely see the end of the beach 500 meters away. The smoky haze has gotten steadily worse the past two days.
Indonesia, you should be ashamed of yourself. The air pollution from Sumatra, the destruction of the rainforest, is an abomination and an offence to the global community!
Kiwi Kev
There are many people also living in Sumatra, including children, who are now for the second time this year experiencing air quality that is getting worse and worse, inducing permanent coughing and skin rashes, as well as disruption to businesses. It's not nice for them either, and they are angry, too ' trust me!
Max
