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Tag: Smog

On a not so clear day

With Lent over and normalcy returns, thick smog veils the Metro Manila skyline, an unmistakable sign of the return of heavy vehicular traffic in...

India’s smog chokes lungs and economy

Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing the country’s...

India, Pakistan smog smashes hazard records

Residents of India’s capital New Delhi choked in a blanketing toxic smog Wednesday as worsening air pollution surged past 50 times the World Health...

Haze over the metropolis

Thick smog covers the skyline over the metropolis which, according to the weather bureau, was caused by ‘thermal inversion,’ a weather phenomenon where warmer...

Once enough to stain shirt collars, smog is lifting over greater Seoul

Cho Jang-hun remembers a time in the 1990s when it was almost impossible to escape the dirty air from exhaust fumes, coal-fired power plants...

Shades of gray

Smog blankets the skies of Metro Manila and nearby provinces due to firecrackers in the aftermath of the New Year celebrations.

Metro Manila faces big challenge with smog, flood and huge traffic

Metro Manila is far from making itself a resilient and sustainable habitat as defined by the United Nations. Heavy floods, smog or air pollution,...

NCR suspends classes amid smog blanket; not vog, says Phivolcs

Local government units in Metro Manila suspended classes at all levels yesterday due to heavy smog, which most mistook for volcanic smog or vog...

Classes suspended across Metro Manila as smog blankets region

Local governments in Metro Manila suspended classes on Friday due to the presence of suspected volcanic smog or vog, but the state volcanology agency...

Heating woes fuel Balkan smog crisis

Sarajevo"•As winter grips the Balkans, the poor are caught in a cruel bind, being forced to light fires at home for heating while fueling...

Poor air quality halts Eala camp

Practice for Filipino junior standout Alex Eala has been called off for the time being. Australian officials have warned that smoke and haze from regional wild...

Sharapova: Halted game was right call

Melbourne—Maria Sharapova said it was the “right call” to abandon her match at the Kooyong Classic exhibition tournament as smog from raging bushfires engulfed...

Pakistanis fight back against smog with purifiers, suits

Lahore"•For the past few months Hasan Zaidi’s phone has been ringing nonstop with calls from desperate residents in Pakistan hoping to get their hands...

‘Eye-burning’ smog smothers New Delhi

New Delhi"•Millions of people in India’s capital started the week Monday choking through “eye-burning” smog, with schools closed, cars taken off the road and...
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