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MetMalaysia ends rain warning for Sarawak, Sabah, Labuan

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has ended the continuous rain warning it issued at 11pm last Aug 5 for Sarawak, Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan. In a statement today, MetMalaysia said this followed the  forecast  of improving weather conditions in Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan. The public can get the latest weather information through MetMalaysia’s official website, myCuaca […]

MetMalaysia issues advisory on tropical storm Chaba

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued an advisory on a tropical storm (Chaba) which was detected at the latitude of 15.7 north and longitude 114.1 east, approximately 531km southeast of Wenqu, Hainan Island, China. MetMalaysia in a statement today informed that the storm was moving west at a speed of 15km per hour […]

Loud boom and tremor cause a stir

KUCHING: Residents in the Kota Samarahan area were rudely awakened by a loud boom and a tremor around 6.30am this morning. According to a spokesperson from the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), they did not detect any earthquake in the area, nor in the state. The seismic wave detected by the department was not significant to […]

Continuous rain warning in Sabah, Sarawak from Feb 5-7

KUALA LUMPUR: The Meteorological Department of Malaysia (MetMalaysia) has forecast continuous rain in eastern Sabah as well as in central and western Sarawak from Feb 5 to 7. This is a follow-up to a meteorological analysis released by MetMalaysia together with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts and Global Forecast System, which shows that […]

Continuous rain expected in Sarawak until Jan 21

KUCHING: According to the Malaysian Meteorological Department in a warning issued on Wednesday (Jan 19) at 2pm, the areas expected to have rain are Belaga, Beluru, Telang Usan, Miri, Marudi and Limbang. It said that when a warning is issued, it means that heavy rain is expected to occur within one to three days or […]

Continuous rain warning for Sarawak, Sabah

KUALA LUMPUR: The Meteorological Department of Malaysian (MetMalaysia) has issued a continuous rain warning at the alert level for Sabah and Sarawak. MetMalaysia said in a statement that continuous rain was forecast in Kuching, Serian, Samarahan, Sri Aman, Betong, Sarikei, Sibu, Mukah, Kapit, Bintulu and Miri (Subis) in Sarawak from yesterday until today. Meanwhile, in […]

Continuous heavy rain expected until Jan 15

By Nura V Lorna KUCHING: The current Northeast monsoon season is expected to see continuous heavy rain in eight areas in the state until this Saturday (Jan 15). The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MET Malaysia) in a statement on Thursday (Jan 13) said the affected areas are namely Kuching, Serian, Samarahan, Sri Aman, Betong, Sarikei, Sibu, […]

Continuous rain expected in Sarawa from Jan 11 to Jan 13

KUCHING: Continuous rain is expected to occur in several areas of Sarawak from Jan 11 to Jan 13. According to the Malaysian Meteorological Department, the areas are Kuching, Serian,  Samarahan, Sri Aman, Betong, Sarikei, Sibu, Mukah, Kapit (Song and Kapit) and Bintulu (Tatau). The department urged the public  to constantly refer to its website at […]

Agency puts off SAR ops

KUCHING: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has decided to postpone the search and rescue (SAR) operation for the five anglers reported missing since Oct 3. After seven days of searching, the rescue agencies failed to find any new clues regarding the victims’ whereabouts, except for the orange buoy found on Oct 3 at about […]

Alert weather warning with heavy rain in Sarawak, Sabah

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) today issued a yellow alert weather warning with heavy rain in parts of Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan. MetMalaysia, in a statement issued today, said the affected areas in Sarawak are in the Limbang Division, while in Sabah, they are the interior areas of Sipitang, Kuala Penyu and Beaufort; […]