Joint cloud seeding efforts offer immediate relief from the haze, but experts warn fire prevention at source is the real battle
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenUshar DanielePublished: 2:45pm, 26 Aug 2026Updated: 2:48pm, 26 Aug 2026Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to share the skies amid a haze crisis that has closed nearly 600 Malaysian schools and erased much of the Kuala Lumpur skyline from view.The Petronas Twin Towers, usually visible for miles around, have been swallowed by a grey shroud as wildfires that continue to rage across Indonesia’s Sumatra and Kalimantan on the island of Borneo.
Malaysia’s national disaster management agency and its meteorological department are scheduling work in border areas, with operations to be coordinated by the Indonesian military.
Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Arthur Joseph Kurup said in a statement on Monday that 16 areas in Malaysia had recorded unhealthy air pollutant index (API) readings as of 10am on August 26.
