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Unhealthy air recorded in the Philippine capital region amid haze
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Parts of Luzon and the Visayas came under transboundary haze on Tuesday as the prevailing southwest monsoon, or “habagat”, transported smoke from forest fires in Kalimantan, Indonesia, environment and health officials said.
Key facts
- Monitoring by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) put several Metro Manila cities in the “very unhealthy”
- Its data as of 4pm gave “acutely unhealthy”
- air-quality indices of 265 for Parañaque; 245 for Las Piñas; 237 for Quezon City’s Ateneo area; 227 for Malabon; 226 for Taguig; 225 for Manila; 221 for Valenzuela; 217 for Marikina; 216 for Muntinlupa; 214 for San Juan; and 208 for
- On the EMB scale, 201 to 300 is the second-highest category, below “emergency”
Summary
Monitoring by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) put several Metro Manila cities in the “very unhealthy” to “acutely unhealthy” range on Tuesday morning.
Its data as of 4pm gave “acutely unhealthy” air-quality indices of 265 for Parañaque; 245 for Las Piñas; 237 for Quezon City’s Ateneo area; 227 for Malabon; 226 for Taguig; 225 for Manila; 221 for Valenzuela; 217 for Marikina; 216 for Muntinlupa; 214 for San Juan; and 208 for Mandaluyong.