TEMPO.CO, Pekanbaru - The Tera and Aqua satellite detected the rise in the number of hot spots in Sumatera into 1,199 hot spots.
The number is a sharp increase from the 111 hot spots on the previous day.
Head of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics of Pekanbaru station reported that Sumatera Selatan has seen most hot spots in which 1045 hot spots were found in the province.
"The hot spots were detected at 5 am,” Sugarin said on Sunday (4/10).
Sugarin also said that hot spots were also found in other areas, including Jambi 96 (hot spots), Bangka Belitung (one hot spot), Riau Islands (one hot spot), and North Sumatera (one point).
In the meantime, six hot spots were spread in Riau, in which four hot spots were detected in Indragiri Hilir and two hot spots were detected in Indragiri.
Sugarin further said that in general, it has been cloudy in Riau and haze still blanketed the region.
"Maximum temperature is 31-33 degree Celsius,” he added.
Haze because of forest and peat land fires has hit Riau, causing visibility in some areas in the province drop. In Pekanbaru, visibility is only 300 meter, in Rengat, it is only 100 meter, in Dumai, it is 300 meter and in Pelalawan, it is 100 meter.
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