Toxic wildfire haze spreads across South East Asia as 'super' El Niño intensifies
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"Toxic wildfire haze spreads across South East Asia as 'super' El Niño intensifies" is generating significant coverage in the World category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Bloomberg.com, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera and Reuters. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 10h ago.
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Coverage (12)
- Maps show surge in Indonesian wildfire hotspots where people and orangutans are choking to death The Independent · 16h ago
- Image of the week: Fires in southern Borneo Eumetsat · 16h ago
- Peatland Fires Darken Skies in Indonesia NASA Science (.gov) · 16h ago
- Indonesia Pollution Index Hits 1,023: Worst Kalimantan Haze Sends Millions of Students Online Tech Times · 16h ago
- Explainer: How severe are Indonesia's wildfires? Reuters · 16h ago
- Wildland Fires in Indonesia, August 2026 NASA Earthdata (.gov) · 16h ago
- Indonesia wildfire live updates: Toxic haze spreads as 'super' El Niño intensifies bbc.com · 16h ago
- Indonesian Fires Drive Regional Haze Alerts and School Closures Bloomberg.com · 16h ago
- Indonesian wildfire haze forces 1.4 million students to move to online learning South China Morning Post · 16h ago
- ‘Everything is covered in ash’: Indonesia wildfires leave people in crisis Al Jazeera · 16h ago
- Indonesia inspects 19 companies linked to wildfires, official says Reuters · 16h ago
- Toxic wildfire haze spreads across South East Asia as 'super' El Niño intensifies BBC · 16h ago
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