Hazardous smog chokes North, world’s 4th worst level in Chiang Mai

Most provinces in the North were blanketed with dangerous red-coded levels of PM2.5 on Monday morning, with Chiang Mai rated the city with the fourth worst air pollution in the entire world. The Geo-Informatics…

The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda) reported at 8am on Monday that 11 provinces were facing red (seriously harmful) levels of particulate matter 2.5 micrometres and less…

The worst level, 158.8, was measured in Chiang Rai, followed by 141.9 in Chiang Mai, 136.4 in Lamphun, 131.6 in Phayao, 128.2 in Mae Hong Son, 118.6 in Lampang, 102.3 in Phrae, 94.9 in Nan, 87.8 in Sukhothai,…

Orange (initially unsafe) levels of PM2.5 were detected in 46 other provinces, mostly in the Northeast and the Central Plains. They ranged from 38.2 to 67.6µg/m³. The provinces were, in descending order,…

The map from Gistda shows red levels of PM2.5 in the North on Monday morning.

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