A thick pall of smoke is shrouding the city of Singapore after being blown over from illegal forest fires on the neighbouring island of Sumatra.
Air pollution reached severe levels on Monday, triggering a health alert in the densely populated city-state, and was expected to get worse
Skyscrapers including the famous Marina Bay Sands casino towers were enveloped in haze and the acrid smell of burnt wood pervaded the central business district.
The Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) soared to 111 by late afternoon (mid-morning UK time), way past the "unhealthy" threshold of 100, according to the National Environment Agency (NEA).
A reading of 0 to 50 is good and 50 to 100 is moderate, the level at which 'a few' of the population will suffer ill effects. Full story...
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Air pollution reached severe levels on Monday, triggering a health alert in the densely populated city-state, and was expected to get worse
Skyscrapers including the famous Marina Bay Sands casino towers were enveloped in haze and the acrid smell of burnt wood pervaded the central business district.
The Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) soared to 111 by late afternoon (mid-morning UK time), way past the "unhealthy" threshold of 100, according to the National Environment Agency (NEA).
A reading of 0 to 50 is good and 50 to 100 is moderate, the level at which 'a few' of the population will suffer ill effects. Full story...
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