Here's an image my dad took at the airport. Flights were canceled at that time. Fun fact, there are two planes in that image. The fog is so thick, that it makes the plane in the background invisible.
Here's a citizen's view on the fog back in October 2019. Footage uploaded by Ody Ony on Youtube.
You can hear the person in the video repeatedly saying "Ampera", which is a bridge Palembang is famous for. He's saying that he is currently on his way to the big Ampera bridge, but it is nowhere to be seen. The Ampera bridge is literally in front of him, but it is not visible because of the fog.
The cause of these is mostly forest fires that were made by some naughty civilians. The gas and substances emitted from the forest fire created a fog.
Thankfully, this problem was resolved back in 2019, and the air became normal. Though if something like this were to happen again, there could be a few solutions.
- Reduce the amount of gas released by reducing the use of cars, motorcycles, or any gas-emitting transportation.
- Usually, the source of fog is a forest fire, committed by humans. Thus, the government should be looking for these culprits to stop the forest fire from growing
- The government can also extinguish the forest fire by sending firefighters who can apply water or fire retardant on the ground (using pumps or special wildland fire engines) or by air (using helicopters/airplanes). Src: Here
Those are some of the solutions I could think of for this matter. Some of these were practiced during the smog.
There are numerous ways to prevent Air Pollution. One of them is replacing gas stoves with electrical ones.
