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Haze to lessen in November
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The forest and land fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan have been estimated to end in November due to rain that started to fall at the end of October.
According to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) head, Andi Eka Sakya, hot spots could still be found in several regions in the country, but the number had decreased.
On Wednesday morning, the Terra and Aqua satellites reportedly detected 10 hot spots in Sumatra, 82 in Kalimantan, 40 in Sulawesi, 37 in Nusa Tenggara and nine in East Java. As for Maluku and Papua, only five hot spots were found.
Andi told tempo.co that rain was estimated to fall more evenly in several regions in November and thus would continued lessening the thick haze. (kes)(+)
