Malaysia: Most number of hotspots in Indonesia
RAZAK AHMAD The Star 12 Aug 19; PETALING JAYA: Nearly 80% of hotspots detected in the Asean region over the past 29 days are located in Indonesia, figures from the Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) show. The hotspots caused by forest fires and open burning are driving the current haze situation that is affecting parts of the region, including Malaysia. The ASMC website (http://asmc.asean.org/home/) issues a daily report on the number and location of hotspots. By adding the number of daily hotspots, which dates back to July 14, it produces a figure of 1, 1, 28 as at Aug 11. Since hotspots that break out in the same location repeatedly on different dates are counted more than once, the number of unique individual hotspots is smaller than the 1, 128 recorded in the data collected. Of the total 1, 128 hotspots, Indonesia accounts for 899 sites, or 79.8%. Indonesia�s hotspots occurred in Kalimantan (531), followed by Sumatra (303), Java (36) and Sulawesi (29). Malaysia, meanwh...