There was nowhere to breathe in Chiang Mai province on Friday morning (March 13), with the level of PM2.5 dust in the air reaching a lung-scraping 519 micrograms per cubic metre.
Chiang Mai’s air-quality ranking took a severe hit, with the city being named the worst in the world, followed by Mumbai, Kathmandu and Kolkata, the application Air Visual revealed on Saturday (February 29) as of 11.37am.
State of emergency urged as air pollution hits 'disastrous' levels in North
SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2019
An academic has called on the government to declare a state of emergency as Chiang Mai and most Northern Provinces face 'disastrous' levels of PM2.5 smog.
Chiang Mai still smog-bound, but no longer world’s most polluted city
TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2019
Chiang Mai finally lost top spot but remained very polluted on Tuesday as it fell to the fourth most polluted city on the planet, scoring 182 in the air quality index (AQI) at airvisual.com.
The world record Chiang Mai would gladly relinquish
MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2019
Chiang Mai had no problem on Monday maintaining its World No 1 ranking as the most polluted city on the planet, scoring a 241 in air quality index (AQI) at airvisual.com.
Chiang Mai has world’s worst air for fourth consecutive day
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2019
Chiang Mai for the fourth consecutive day ranked the world’s most air-polluted city, with an air quality index (AQI) score of 250 at 8.20am and 3.30 pm up to 309 on airvisual.com.