11/19 - Sydney Air Quality Worst In The World - 15 Times Worse Than Beijing At 2,334 PM 2.5-10

[hatrack]

https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/233c441c5b05052591191a9fc8154081?width=1024
Smoke blowing in from the north has settled on Sydney, causing health issues for many with breathing problems. Picture: John Grainger

https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/7a2f4dec75054404b49672066959f9a3?width=1024
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is almost invisible behind the smoke. Picture: John Grainger

Sydney’s air quality is today the worst in the world at almost 30 times safe levels. Health authorities have urged asthma sufferers across Sydney to stay inside as a thick blanket of bushfire smoke settles across the region.

Sydney’s air quality on Tuesday is among the lowest in the world – with NSW Environment’s air quality measurements reading 2334 at around 9am in Sydney’s North-West - almost 20 times worse than Jakarta and Beijing.

The reading makes the city’s air quality the worst in the world and twice as bad as Kolkata’s which today sits at 999, according to the real-time Air Quality Index. With safe levels sitting at between 34-66, residents are being urged to take care.

Jakarta’s notoriously polluted air today measures at 119 while Beijing’s measures at 155. The thick haze, blown in from a fire raging at Wollemi National Park, could be smelt and seen Sydney-wide on Tuesday morning. Sydney’s east, northwest slopes and parts of the southwest are choking through hazardous levels while other parts of the state are struggling through very poor and poor ratings.

EDIT

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/sydneys-air-quality-among-worst-in-the-world-due-to-bushfires/news-story/0c016c0575860fc371605542435832ad