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Malaysia declared a state of emergency in two coastal cities on Thursday as smoke drifting across the Strait of Malacca from forest fires in Indonesia blanketed parts of peninsular Malaysia in a noxious haze, forcing schools to close and the country’s biggest seaport to shut down. In the nation’s worst environmental crisis since 1997, when a similar haze enveloped large areas of the region, the smoky haze this year has raised serious health concerns and worries over its economic impact. Two Malaysian government ministers flew to the Indonesian city of Medan on Thursday morning to discuss the situation with their counterparts there.