Haze is back!

The smoky Kuala Lumpur 

On July 23, 2013, the haze has returned to Malaysia in the morning with more than 100 API reading. Traditional dry period of southern ASEAN region are between June and October where annual forest fires in Indonesia will cause haze phenomenon in Malaysia. Malaysia was spared due to the wind direction and relief from the rain in the past few days; therefore, Malaysia is still expecting to experience the haze phenomenon until September due to the southwest monsoon. From the photo you can see that the KLCC is blanketed by the haze again. Other states in Malaysia such as Cheras, Putrajaya, Manjung and Shah Alam are all recorded moderate API readings between 60 to 93. Moreover, Port Klang is back to unhealthy API level of 117 again. 

The Kek Lok Si temple under API 100 in the morning 

Penang Bridge is blanketed with haze.

The haze is moving to north part which caused Ipoh, Penang and Perak to have an unhealthy level of API again. The Kek Lok Si temple is barely visible from the view and the API level is moving to unhealthy. The API reading in Ipon is recorded 107 which is unhealthy. At the same time, Alor Setar and Kangar are both recorded with API 108 and 103 respectively. The people in these states need to wear masks and take precaution against the haze again.