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Indonesia haze shuts East Timor schools
Indonesian wildfires turn skies orange, closing East Timor schools.
In brief
Indonesian wildfires turn skies orange, closing East Timor schools. Indonesian wildfires caused regional haze, prompting three-day school closures in East Timor. Originally reported by The Japan Times.
Haze turns skies orange
Thick haze turned skies in Indonesia’s Palangkaraya shades of yellow and orange on Thursday.
Visibility drops to few meters
Reducing visibility to a few dozen meters as wildfires cause a regional air pollution crisis.
East Timor schools close
East Timor began a three-day school closure prompted by the haze.
Kuala Lumpur most polluted city
Kuala Lumpur topped monitoring site IQAir’s ranking of the most polluted major global cities by Thursday.
What it means
Indonesian wildfires caused regional haze, prompting three-day school closures in East Timor.
