Kuching, Samarahan and Serian record unhealthy API readings as haze lingers over Sarawak
Sandakan town centre appeared hazy from about one kilometre away, photographed from the District Mosque 17 Oct, 2026. — Bernama pic
First Published: Sunday, 18 Oct 2026 4:47 PM MYT
KUCHING, Oct 18 — Kuching, Samarahan and Serian recorded unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings as of 2pm today.
According to the Natural Resource and Environment Board (NREB) website, Serian recorded the highest reading at 155, followed by Kuching 154 and Samarahan 148.
Seventeen districts recorded moderate levels. Among them, Sri Aman recorded the highest at 96, followed by Betong at 93, Lubok Antu at 90, Tebedu at 87, Lawas at 86, Lundu at 85, Kanowit at 82, Sibu at 81.
Sarikei and Samalaju and Belaga each recorded 76, while Bintulu registered 72, Mukah 71, Miri and ILP Miri 53 and Kapit 52.
Bario registered the lowest moderate reading at 51.
Meanwhile, Limbang recorded a good level of 50.
An API reading of 101 to 200 is classified as ‘Unhealthy’, 51 to 100 as ‘Moderate’ and zero to 50 as ‘Good’. — The Borneo Post
KioskNews shows a cleaned-up reading view extracted from the publisher’s page — the original always lives on their site, not ours.