Authorities urged people in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai to stay indoors and work from home as air pollution spiked to hazardous levels. READ:
In this file photo taken on March 7, 2023 the 69-meter tall giant Buddha statue of Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen temple is seen amid smoggy conditions due to air pollution in Bangkok. Thai health officials have urged children and pregnant women to stay indoors in Bangkok as the megacity choked March 9 on harmful levels of air pollution.
Chiang Mai, Thailand — Authorities on Friday urged people in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai to stay indoors and work from home as air pollution spiked to hazardous levels. Smoke from forest fires and farmers burning crop stubble has blanketed the popular tourist destination in recent weeks.On Friday morning, the air monitoring website IQAir ranked Chiang Mai as the most polluted major city in the world, ahead of regular hotspots such as Delhi and Lahore.
Levels of the most dangerous PM2.5 particles — so tiny they can enter the bloodstream — were more than 66 times the World Health Organization’s annual guideline, according to IQAir.
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