REVIEW OF REGIONAL HAZE SITUATION IN ASEAN REGION (April 2023)
In April 2023, the ASEAN region continued to experience Northeast Monsoon conditions. Dry conditions over the Mekong sub-region persisted in most of April 2023, although some showers returned over parts of the sub-region towards the end of the month. Meanwhile, wet weather was generally observed over the rest of the ASEAN region, but drier over the Philippines. Parts of the Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo also experienced brief period of drier conditions.
The hotspots count in the Mekong sub-region was mostly higher compared to the previous years. In particular, the hotspot counts for Lao PDR and Myanmar in April 2023 was the highest in 5 years.
In the southern ASEAN region, the hotspots count was generally lower than or comparable to the previous years except for the Kalimantan where hotspots count was slightly higher than the previous years. Transboundary smoke haze was covered the eastern parts of Myanmar as well as the northern parts of Thailand, Lao PDR and Viet Nam on many days of the month. Shower activities towards the end of the month help to improve the situation.
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