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Central Kalimantan still covered in haze despite zero hot spots
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This photograph taken on Oct.12, 2015 shows motorists travelling under a heavy blanket of haze in Palangkaraya, capital of Central Kalimantan province located in Indonesia's Borneo island. International help to assist Indonesia in combating forest and agricultural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in haze has begun with firefighting operations in Sumatra island. Singapore and Malaysia have deployed aircraft while Australia pledged to send a Lockheed L100 Hercules air Tanker.(AFP/Wisanggeni) (AFP/Wisanggeni)
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span class="inline inline-center">This photograph taken on Oct.12, 2015 shows motorists travelling under a heavy blanket of haze in Palangkaraya, capital of Central Kalimantan province located in Indonesia's Borneo island. International help to assist Indonesia in combating forest and agricultural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in haze has begun with firefighting operations in Sumatra island. Singapore and Malaysia have deployed aircraft while Australia pledged to send a Lockheed L100 Hercules air Tanker.(AFP/Wisanggeni)
Haze was still blanketing Muara Teweh in North Barito regency, Central Kalimantan, on Wednesday morning, despite declining two days ago.
According to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) in Muara Teweh the area's horizontal visibility was only 200 meters on Wednesday morning, while the vertical visibility was 350 feet. On Tuesday, the former was between 1,000 m and 2 kilometers, while the latter was around 450 feet.
'The haze in Muara Teweh has come back; the sunshine this morning looked dim due to being covered in haze, no longer clear like yesterday. The haze was carried by the wind yesterday with speed between 5 and 9 km per hour from the southwest,' said a BMKG representative on Wednesday as quoted by Antara news agency.
According to the Manggala Agni Muara Teweh firefighting unit's spokesperson Aswaludin, hot spots were no longer detected in North Barito by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 18 and Modis Terra Aqua satellites on Wednesday around 6 a.m.
'The hot spots are gone. On Tuesday, six hot spots were still detected in the regency,' said Aswaludin.
In addition to Muara Teweh, other regencies in Central Kalimantan are reportedly also free from hot spots on Wednesday morning, namely Puruk Cahu in Murung Raya regency, Tamiang Layang in East Barito regency and Buntok in South Barito regency. (kes)(++++)
