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The ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre has issued Alert Level 3, the highest alert in its four-tier system, due to toxic haze from fires in Indonesia affecting Southeast Asia. This level is activated when there is a high risk of severe transboundary haze, marked by significant hotspot activities and dense smoke haze persisting over two or more days under dry weather conditions.
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The Singapore Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) has issued the highest alert level, Alert Level 3, for the Southern ASEAN region due to ongoing fires in Indonesia that have caused toxic haze to blanket parts of Southeast Asia. The ASMC, based near Singapore’s Changi Airport, uses a four-tiered system where Alert Level 3 indicates a high risk of severe transboundary haze impacting neighboring countries. This alert follows significant and persistent hotspot activities with dense smoke haze observed over two consecutive days, exacerbated by dry weather and winds blowing the haze towards ASEAN neighbors.

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ASMC Association of Southeast Asian Nations Indonesia Singapore the Singapore Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre

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ASMC ORG · 2× Association of Southeast Asian Nations ORG · 1× Indonesia GPE · 1× Singapore GPE · 1× the Singapore Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre ORG · 1×

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This included significant and persistent hotspot activities with widespread moderate to dense smoke haze, observed over two or more consecutive days, dry weather persisting and wind continuing to blow haze towards Association of Southeast Asian Nations neighbours.
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Asean climate monitor issues highest alert level over toxic haze · assertive framing

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Ongoing fires in Indonesia that have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia with toxic haze have triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc’s climate and fire monitor. asserted
that → ongoe → monitor
“Activation of Alert Level 3 for the Southern Asean region,” the Singapore Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) said on its website, seen on Saturday. asserted
Centre → say → Saturday
Based near Singapore’s Changi Airport, the ASMC uses a four-tiered alert level system, from zero to three, with the highest triggered if there is a “high risk of severe transboundary haze in the region”. asserted
highest → base → region
This included significant and persistent hotspot activities with widespread moderate to dense smoke haze, observed over two or more consecutive days, dry weather persisting and wind continuing to blow haze towards Association of Southeast Asian Nations neighbours. asserted
wind → include → neighbours
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