Cloud-seeding begins in Sarawak to ease hazy conditions

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Army offers its assistance to put out peat fires in Seri Aman, Sarawak. FMTNews

Royal Malaysian Air Force personnel preparing to load a special tank of salt solutions into a Hercules C-130 aircraft during the cloud-seeding operations carried out from the Kuching RMAF air base today.

“For today, the operation will be conducted from Kuching, Kota Samarahan and Sri Aman and will cover as many areas as possible. Meanwhile, Sarawak Branch Meteorological Department deputy director Siniarovina Urban Sinyaw said large clouds were expected to form in the afternoon.Meanwhile, the army said today it is ready to help extinguish the peat soil and undergrowth fires in Sri Aman in Sarawak that are partly the reason for the air quality to reach a “hazardous” API reading of 412 today.

Work on building firebreaks using five excavators and Bombardier aircraft from the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency will start tomorrow.Fire department helicopters have not been given clearance by the control tower to assist as visibility is very limited.

 

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