Car damaged by falling tree

SIBU: A car was badly damaged when it was hit by a falling tree due to strong winds following heavy rain and thunderstorms that created havoc here last Friday evening. The incident happened in the Sibu Town Square area at Jalan Sanyan and had already been shared on the social media. It was around 5pm […]

MetMalaysia issues severe weather warning in Sarawak until Feb 5

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a severe weather warning, with continuous heavy rains, in several areas in Sarawak involving Kuching, Serian and Samarahan until tomorrow (Feb 5). MetMalaysia, in a statement, also issued an alert weather warning, with heavy rains expected, in several areas in Sarawak involving areas in Sri Aman, Betong, Sarikei, […]

Warning of strong winds and rough seas

KUCHING: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a warning of strong winds and rough seas in Sarawak until this Thursday (Jan 7). MetMalaysia said the first category warning also involved areas in Western Sabah and Labuan and Eastern Sabah. “There will be strong north-easterly winds of 40 to 50 km/h (kilometre per hour) with […]

Bomba kept busy

KUCHING: The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) was kept busy with several reports of fallen trees in a few areas here following heavy rain and strong winds on Monday (Oct 26). According to the Bomba operations centre, fallen trees were reported in Kuching, Bau, Kota Samarahan and Simunjan; causing several roads to be blocked off. […]