Air Quality in Singapore Plunges

[Judi Lynn]

Air Quality in Singapore Plunges
10.07.2006, 04:21 AM

Smoke from Indonesian brush fires darkened skies across Southeast Asia on Saturday, sending air pollution levels soaring in at least two other nations.

Singapore's air quality index hit 130, its highest level this year. It was also the first time in 2006 the measurement climbed above 100, the threshold for "unhealthy."

Farmers or agricultural companies started the fires on Borneo and Sumatra island as a cheap way of clearing the land.

Some hospitals in those parts of Indonesia were crowded with people complaining of difficulty breathing. Flights were cancelled and drivers were having to use their lights in the middle of the day.

Firefighters said the blazes were out of control and only the monsoon rains would put them out. The forecast calls for the rains to begin in the next month.
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[madrchsod]

1. i saw video yesterday of the smoke in that area

it`s unbelievable that anyone could actually breathe the air and live.

[patrick t. cakes]

2. condi

passing through on her way home??:D