KUALA LUMPUR: The beginning of the monsoon surge has started yesterday afternoon and had hit several parts of the states in the country.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MET) has issued advisory that heavy intermittent rain in the east coast has already begun and it is expected to continue till Friday or Saturday.
On its website, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor and Sabah (Sandakan, Kudat, Tawau and west coast) experienced intermittent rain that is occasionally heavy.
MET has also forecasted that states like Perak, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Selangor and Johor had experience thunderstorm, heavy rain and strong winds, which persisted till late afternoon.
Among the affected areas are:
- Perak: Kinta, Kampar and Batang Padang District.
- Selangor: Hulu Selangor, Gombak, Petaling Jaya, Sepang and Hulu Langat.
- Negri Sembilan: Kuala Pilah, Rembau and Seremban.
- Malacca: Alor Gajah and Jasin.
- Johor: Kluang, Johor Baru, Kulaijaya and Pontian.
MET’s National Weather Centre senior meteorologist Mohd Hisham Mohd Aniq said that currently the department are unable to provide exact locations where the rainfall has started.
However, said they do not expect the monsoon surge to hit states in the west coast.
“We expected the rain to start tonight. The heavy downpour will continue till Friday or maybe Saturday.
“We hope it would not carry too much of rain as compared to last month,” he said.
He also said, last month, the amount of rain at certain part of their meteorological stations in Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang were doubled and it was one of the factor that contributed to the recent severe flooding, in those states.
“The monsoon surge is expected to create wet condition to the east coast states.
“This can definitely affect the flood victims including the volunteers, who are busy with their cleaning-up works and mobilisation of the aids.
“However, this surge is not likely to produce heavy rainfall that can generate another round of big flood,” he said.