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The ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre has cautioned that sustained dry conditions threaten to escalate air pollution across southern ASEAN, with Malaysia and Sarawak already experiencing unhealthy air quality readings amid intensifying forest fire activity.
Malaysia and Indonesia are deepening cooperation to combat transboundary haze through intensified monitoring, stricter enforcement against open burning, and potential cross-border cloud seeding initiatives as the region faces a super El Niño phase.
Sabah's Fire and Rescue Department has warned residents against open burning as smoke from Kalimantan forest fires drifts across the state, degrading air quality to moderate levels in major population centres.