Oct 22, 2015

Southern Thailand was hit Thursday by the most severe haze ever from forest fires in Indonesia, forcing all schools in a province to close and disrupting flights in a popular tourist area, officials said.

: Indonesian men put out a fire in Ogan Ilir, southern Sumatra on October 22, 2015. Dense haze from Indonesian forest fires has caused some of the worst pollution in southern Thailand for a decade, officials said on October 22, cancelling flights in an area popular with tourists. (ABDUL QODIR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indonesian soldiers who are deployed to help containing massive forest and land fires that have caused widespread haze in parts of Southeast Asia, disembark from an military cargo plane upon arrival at the airbase in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. Southern Thailand was hit Thursday by the most severe haze ever from forest fires in Indonesia, forcing all schools in a province to close and disrupting flights in a popular tourist area, officials said. (AP Photo/Bagus Kurniawan)

: Indonesian women are silhouetted against the city skyline which is shrouded by the haze from forest fires, in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. Southern Thailand was hit Thursday by the most severe haze ever from forest fires in Indonesia, forcing all schools in a province to close and disrupting flights in a popular tourist area, officials said. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

: Motorists turn on their vehicle head lamps during the day in Palangkaraya city, one of worst-hit by haze in central Kalimantan province, on October 21, 2015. Indonesian forest and agricultural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in acrid haze are spewing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each day than all US economic activity, according to an environmental watchdog. (WISANGGENI/AFP/Getty Images)

: This photo taken on October 20, 2015 shows workers at a construction site in Palangkaraya city, Palangkaraya city, one of worst-hit by haze in central Kalimantan province. Indonesian forest and agricultural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in acrid haze are spewing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each day than all US economic activity, according to an environmental watchdog. (WISANGGENI/AFP/Getty Images)

: A resident fishes by the river in Palangkaraya city, one of worst-hit by haze in central Kalimantan province, on October 21, 2015. Indonesian forest and agricultural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in acrid haze are spewing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each day than all US economic activity, according to an environmental watchdog. (HARIS SADIKIN/AFP/Getty Images)

: A couple crosses a river by boat as the city shrouded in thick yellow haze in Palangkaraya on October 22, 2015. Dense haze from Indonesian forest fires has caused some of the worst pollution in southern Thailand for a decade, officials said October 22, cancelling flights in an area popular with tourists. (WISANGGENI/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indonesian men put out a fire in Ogan Ilir, southern Sumatra on October 22, 2015. Dense haze from Indonesian forest fires has caused some of the worst pollution in southern Thailand for a decade, officials said October 22, cancelling flights in an area popular with tourists. (ABDUL QODIR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indonesian men put out a fire in Ogan Ilir, southern Sumatra on October 22, 2015. Dense haze from Indonesian forest fires has caused some of the worst pollution in southern Thailand for a decade, officials said October 22, cancelling flights in an area popular with tourists. (ABDUL QODIR/AFP/Getty Images)

: An Indonesian woman and a child walk on a bamboo bridge as thick yellow haze shrouds the city in Palangkaraya on October 22, 2015. Dense haze from Indonesian forest fires has caused some of the worst pollution in southern Thailand for a decade, officials said October 22, cancelling flights in an area popular with tourists. (WISANGGENI/AFP/Getty Images)

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