Banjarmasin, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Residents of Banjarmasin were in joyful when they welcomed heavy rain at about 5.15 - 5.45 p.m. on Monday (Sept 23).
The very rare rain during dry season in the city whose nickname "City of a Thousand Rivers" lasted for only half hour and expected to eliminate haze from the capital of the province of South Kalimantan.
A long the drought, haze keep blanketing the city, sometimes thin other times thick, one after another.
While rain came only a little times and occured unevenly or only drizlle.
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Such as on Saturday night, it was only drizzling might be only to fade dust from leaves on the trees or plants. But a day after a thin haze
again enveloped the city, which is devided into five sub-districts, and inhabited by more than 600,000 people.
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The rain on Monday afternoon have made a clean air and weather compared to morning and noon.
