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Haze over the Southeast Asia region in mid-2009

Southeast Asian haze series
Haze in Borneo, 2019
History
1990s 1997 Southeast Asian haze 1997 Indonesian forest fires
2000s 2005 Malaysian haze 2006 Southeast Asian haze 2009 Southeast Asian haze
2010s 2010 Southeast Asian haze 2013 Southeast Asian haze 2015 Southeast Asian haze 2016 Malaysian haze 2016 Southeast Asian haze 2017 Southeast Asian haze 2019 Southeast Asian haze
Key topics
Chemical equator Deforestation in Borneo in Indonesia Mega Rice Project Peat swamp forest Borneo
Responses
ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution Operation Haze Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014 People's Movement to Stop Haze
See also
Air pollution in Malaysia API Singapore PSI Social and environmental impact of palm oil
Category
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The 2009 Southeast Asian haze was an episode of large scale air pollution primarily caused by slash and burn practices used to clear land for agricultural purposes in Sumatra, Indonesia. It affected the areas surrounding the Straits of Malacca which besides Indonesia include Malaysia and Singapore.

The haze began in early June 2009 and progressively became worse toward July. With a prevailing dry season caused by El Nino, burning and hence the haze was expected to continue until August or September when the monsoon season arrived.

Malaysia

Air Pollution Index

Daily average API readings in June 2009
Date	George Town	Kuala Lumpur	Malacca Town	Johor Bahru	Kuantan	Kuching
1	Unavailable	57	51	41	65	29
2	40	73	52	46	41	39
3	31	73	47	38	43	27
4	39	46	31	33	44	35
5	34	44	45	34	41	35
6	40	40	47	47	43	28
7	58	76	51	40	39	28
8	30	67	60	54	47	36
9	28	98	56	56	52	31
10	37	67	58	52	53	45
11	40	69	65	45	48	30
12	35	108	63	55	41	28
13	30	80	44	41	46	51
14	20	64	53	51	47	31
15	20	56	40	40	38	37
16	34	51	42	48	49	22
17	44	61	53	42	44	34
18	55	58	49	36	44	39
19	62	51	49	59	42	46
20	68	61	47	41	42	36

0-50 Good 51-100 Moderate 101-200 Unhealthy 201-300 Very unhealthy 301- Hazardous

References

"Indonesia forest fires flare, Malaysia hit by haze". Reuters. 12 June 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012.

Haze	1997 Indonesian forest fires 1997 Southeast Asian haze 2005 Malaysian haze 2006 Southeast Asian haze 2009 Southeast Asian haze 2010 Southeast Asian haze 2013 Southeast Asian haze 2015 Southeast Asian haze 2016 Malaysian haze 2017 Southeast Asian haze 2019 Southeast Asian haze
Radioactive contamination	1982 Bukit Merah radioactive pollution

Contagious/Viral diseases

Soil pollution

2015–16 Kuantan bauxite disaster

Water issues

Pollution	2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution
Scarcity	1998 Klang Valley water crisis 2014 Negeri Sembilan and Selangor water crisis

Natural disasters

Earthquakes	1976 Sabah earthquake 2015 Sabah earthquake
Floods	1971 Kuala Lumpur floods 2006–07 Southeast Asian floods 2010 floods in Thailand and north Malaysia 2013 Cameron Highlands mud floods 2014 Cameron Highlands mud floods Early 2014 Sabah floods 2014–15 floods in Southeast Asia and South Asia 2014–15 Malaysia floods 2015 East Malaysian floods 2016 Malaysian floods 2020–21 Malaysian floods 2021–2022 Malaysian floods 2022 Malaysian east coast floods 2024–2025 floods in Southeast Asia and South Asia
Heat waves	2023 Asia heat wave 2024 Southeast Asia heat wave
Landslides	1993 Pantai Remis landslide Highland Towers collapse 1996 Pos Dipang mudflow 2002 Taman Hillview landslide 2006 Kampung Pasir landslide 2008 Bukit Antarabangsa landslide 2011 Hulu Langat landslide 2022 Batang Kali landslide
Sinkholes	2024 Kuala Lumpur sinkhole
Tornadoes	Peninsula Malaysia tornado outbreak of 2014
Tropical storms	Tropical Depression Gloria (1965) Typhoon Sally (1967) Tropical Storm Ruth (1970) Severe Tropical Storm Judy (1971) Typhoon Sally (1972) Typhoon Percy (1983) Severe Tropical Storm Irving (1985) Typhoon Gay (1989) Tropical Storm Forrest (1992) Tropical Depression BOB 03 (1993) Tropical Depression 34W (1995) Tropical Depression Greg (1996) Tropical Storm Linda (1997) Tropical Storm Gil (1998) Tropical Depression Hilda (1999) Tropical Depression 31W (1999) Tropical Depression 32W (1999) Tropical Depression 29W (2001) Tropical Storm Vamei (2001) Typhoon Muifa (2004) Tropical Depression 25W (2005) Typhoon Utor (2006) Typhoon Hagibis (2007) Tropical Depression 01W (2008) Tropical Depression 01W (2010) Tropical Depression 19W (2010) Tropical Depression 25W (2011) Tropical Depression 26W (2011) Tropical Depression 25W (2012) Severe Tropical Storm Sonamu (2013) Tropical Storm Shanshan (2013) Tropical Storm Jangmi (2014) Tropical Depression (2016) Tropical Depression 29W (2017) Typhoon Tembin (2017) Tropical Storm Kai-tak (2017) Tropical Storm Toraji (2018) Tropical Storm Pabuk (2019) Typhoon Lekima (2019) Typhoon Saudel (2020) Typhoon Molave (2020) Tropical Depression 29W (2021)
Tsunamis	Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Malaysia

Asia pollution topics

Air pollution

Notable incidents

Dust storm	2010 China dust storms
Forest fires and haze	1997 SEA haze 1997 Indonesian forest fires 2005 Malaysian haze 2006 SEA haze 2009 SEA haze 2010 SEA haze 2013 SEA haze 2015 SEA haze 2016 Malaysian haze 2016 SEA haze 2017 SEA haze 2019 SEA haze 2019 Vietnam forest fires 2024 Indo-Pakistani smog
Air radioactive contamination	1982 Bukit Merah radioactive pollution

By countries

Recurrent issues

Counter-measures

Water pollution

Notable incidents

Water radioactive contamination	2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
Marine pollution	2016 Vietnam marine life disaster 2019 Kim Kim River toxic pollution Pollution of the Pasig River

By countries

Categories:

Malaysia

Air Pollution Index

References

See also