Indonesia News » Central Kalimantan News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » Religion: Indonesians brave choking smoke to pray for rain as country battles wildfires
News channel or source: https://religionnews.com/2026/08/27/indonesians-brave-choking-smoke-to-pray-for-rain-as-country-battles-wildfires/
Published on: Thursday 27 August 2026
The prayer gathering in one of the regions hardest hit by this year’s wildfire season comes as the province faces prolonged dry weather that has heightened the risk of forest and peatland fires.
News Indonesia » Central Kalimantan » Religion: ‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super ‘El Niño’
News channel or source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/25/indonesia-wildfires-kalimantan-smoke-super-el-nino
Published on: Monday 24 August 2026
In Indonesia’s Kalimantan, fires have ravaged tens of thousands of acres, with suffocating smoke reaching Malaysia and putting Singapore on alert Suwadi can barely see five metres in front of him when ...