Indonesia allows Malaysian agencies to enter its airspace for cloud-seeding operations, Malaysia’s environment minister says. The move is intended to reduce haze from regional forest and land fires affecting parts of Borneo, including Malaysia’s Sarawak state, which sees smoke drifting over from Indonesia’s Kalimantan and other areas.
Malaysia’s disaster management preparations focus on cloud-seeding schedules along the shared border, with reports describing coordinated efforts between authorities from both countries. Multiple outlets say Malaysia begins or is starting cloud-seeding to ease hazardous air quality after several days of thick haze in Sarawak. Other reporting highlights the wider impact of the smoke across Malaysia, including school closures and reduced visibility in Kuala Lumpur, while also noting that Indonesia’s haze-control measures are being stepped up.
Differences across outlets center on timing and emphasis: some focus on Malaysia starting operations for a short period, others on Indonesia opening its airspace, and some on the regional coordination effort as smoke persists.
