🔥 Indonesia's burned land doubles in September as fires rage, data shows
According to Nusantara Atlas satellite data, Indonesia's cumulative burned area hit 1.92 million hectares in September, up from 895,650 hectares in August.
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🔥 Indonesia's Burned Land Doubles in September — Full Report
Published: Oct 20, 2026, 9:04 AM (Source: Reuters / AsiaOne)
📊 Key Data (Nusantara Atlas satellite figures)
- End of August: 895,650 hectares burned
- End of September: 1.92 million hectares — more than double August's figure
- vs 2019: Surpassed the 1.39 million ha recorded at the same point in 2019 (that year ended at 2.63 million ha) — now 38% higher year-on-year
- Fire hotspots: 1.15 million detected across Indonesia as of Oct 20
- Nusantara Atlas notes the figure is conservative — haze obscured satellites and small burn scars were excluded; actual area likely larger
🌍 Impact
- Health: Hundreds of thousands affected by respiratory problems from smoke
- Regional: Thick haze drifted into Singapore, Malaysia, and East Timor, drawing criticism
- Aviation: Since Aug 11 → 2,604 domestic flights affected; 1,400+ cancelled/postponed due to poor visibility
✨ Response & Operations
- Weather modification: Cloud-seeding missions underway in Sumatra and Kalimantan using dry ice + salt to induce rain and disperse smoke
- West Kalimantan: 107 cloud-seeding flights in four weeks — the largest operation
- Officials stated the country is "still capable of handling the situation ourselves" and rebuffed calls to declare a national disaster
just watch this bunch walk for 90mins against Como and lose
not even halfway through and all of them on autopilot and collect salary mode already
they have no motivation the moment they realise we have a useless board that does not want to win
the 洋流 trend has swept over taipei, the latest 民调 today shows challenger 沈伯洋 has overtaken the ruling guy.
although it's just 民调, still sibei power from relative unknown to current status in just months, but still 39 days to go.