KL gets rain but haze stays

KL gets rain but haze stays

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Air quality in Malaysia's capital improved
early yesterday after a heavy downpour but still remained at an
"unhealthy" level.

The Air Pollution Index eased to 137 from 152 late Wednesday,
after surging past the "hazardous" level of 300 earlier this
week, Bernama quoted the department of environment as saying.

But Kuala Lumpur's skyline remained obscured by a film of
gray.

Nationwide, the haze in most cities also improved, except for
a few industrial areas like Nilai in the southern state of Negeri
Sembilan, Kuala Lumpur's suburb of Gombak and Petaling Jaya, the
department said.

Forest fires in neighboring Indonesia, combined with vehicle
and industrial pollution in Malaysia, have been blamed for the
haze.