Expert says 'weird' weather is nothing new
GEORGE TOWN: With the weather taking sudden turns within hours – from intensely torrid to bouts of strong winds and rain – people are bound to be confused.
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GEORGE TOWN: With the weather taking sudden turns within hours – from intensely torrid to bouts of strong winds and rain – people are bound to be confused.
GEORGE TOWN: It is going to be a very hot Chinese New Year in Penang with no rain expected until the end of March.
PETALING JAYA: It could be scorching one day and raining cats and dogs the next.
GEORGE TOWN: A hot spell with lower rainfall is projected in Malaysia from now until March but Penang has already seen a “fiery” start to the year with a blaze that damaged a cemetery in Lorong Batu Lanchang and a peat fire at a landfill that caused the evacuation and closure of schools.
PONTIAN: The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry will take the best possible measures to help industry players, including smallholders, affected by the current hot spell. Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Jeck Seng said this was necessary as the commodities industry is a major source of income for Malaysia. “This is to help their income in the present hot and dry weather, especially the rubber and oil palm sectors that involve many smallholders across the country. “We at the ministry are very concerned about this and will adopt measures to help them overcome (the effects of) th...