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Afternoon storm causes destruction in Mantin and Nilai

SEREMBAN: Several areas and Ramadan bazaars around Mantin and Nilai near here were badly affected by the heavy rain and storm yesterday evening. Mantin Fire and Rescue Station chief Priscilla Carol Thomas said among the areas involved are Kampung Che Lah, Mantin Health Clinic, Desa Pinggiran Bayu, Legenda College, Jalan Mantin to Sungai Machang and […]

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 […]

Worst weather ever

MIRI: Several residents along beaches here are worried and concerned over erosion that occurred caused by the stormy weather which brought abnormally high tides and strong winds for the past few days. Some beaches along the Luak area suffered erosion by the turbulent sea following the none-stop rains. Certain parts of the shore were badly […]

Strong damages three longhouse rooms

PAKAN: Three rooms in the 23-room Rumah Ningkan Janteng at Mile 4, Jalan Engkamop here were damaged by a storm Monday morning (Nov 16). Bintangor fire station despatched firefighters to the scene after receivinga distress call on the incident around 8.45am. On arrival, operations commander PPgB Nicholas Belulin was informed that one of the longhouse […]

Checking on storm survivors

WELFARE KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Satok deputy chairman Datuk Ibrahim Baki had a busy day today visiting some storm survivors in Kampung Ajibah Abol here. “In our walkabout today (Saturday), we monitored the current progress of repair work on houses damaged by a windstorm last Saturday. “We wanted to make sure that the […]

Death toll from Brazil storms rises to 44

BELO HORIZONTE (Brazil): The death toll from days of intense storms and flooding in southeastern Brazil has risen to 44, authorities said Sunday. In addition to the dead, the number of injured stands at 12 and that of the missing was lowered from 25 to 19, local Civil Defence officials said. The dead have yet […]