Annual illegal burning leads to perilous drop in air quality,with Indonesia declaring state of emergency, Malaysia shutting schools and thousands falling illMalaysia ordered school closures in Kuala Lumpur and neighbouring states as worsening haze from Indonesian forest and agricultural fires enveloped the capital in a shroud of smoke.
Cloud-seeding aircraft were meanwhile being deployed in the hope of triggering rain to help clear the smoke, or Malaysian authorities said.
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Source: theguardian.com