Singapore warns of ‘severe’ haze in August, September from El Nino effect

Some years it comes, and some years it does not. But, drifting up and across the Strait of Malacca, it can hang in the air for weeks on end over cities such as Singapore and Kuala Lumpur – regional economic hubs that host two of the world’s busiest airports.Southeast Asia’s haze is on the way back and this year’s event is expected to be “severe”, according to the Singapore-institute-of-international-affairs" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="153249" data-entity-type="organization">Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA), which has been tracking the region’s haze disruptions for almost a decade.August and September are projected to be the worst months and in turn the worst time of the year to visit, with air turning eye-wateringly and lung-cloggingly unpleasant.