Heavy rain forecast for Sabah, Sarawak until Monday
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a weather alert warning with heavy rain forecast for several areas in Sabah and Sarawak until Monday. MetMalaysia in a statement today said the areas that will be affected are Kuching, Serian, Samarahan, Sri Aman, Betong, Sarikei, Sibu, Mukah, Bintulu, Miri (Subis, Beluru, Miri and Marudi) […]
Orange weather alert for Kuching, Serian, Samarahan and Sri Aman
KUCHING: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a bad weather warning for Sarawak. Kuching, Serian, Samarahan and Sri Aman have been issued an ‘orange’ weather alert with continuous heavy rain. However, a sunny and dry weather with a maximum temperature of 32 degree Celsius is forecasted for Friday (Jan 15). Betong, Sarikei, Sibu and […]
Pay attention to weather forcasts, fishermen told
BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Bintulu Maritime Zone reminds the public, especially the maritime community, to be attentive to weather forecasts before taking part in sea activities during this period. Bintulu Maritime deputy director (Operations), Maritime Commander Effendy Mohamed Fadil said the community, especially small fishing boat should always pay attention to the […]
Cold, rainy weather expected until March
KUCHING: The state is expected to have cold and rainy weather until March next year. This is due to the monsoon transition phase. According to the weather forecast on the Malaysian Meteorological Department’s website, the rainy weather will include thunderstorms over inland areas in the evening and at night. “The monsoon transition phase begins on […]
Get your umbrellas ready
By Voon Yih Boon KUCHING: As a precaution, Sarawakians should have their umbrellas and raincoats ready to brave the rain this week. This is because Sarawak will still be experiencing heavy rain due to the south-west monsoon season. The dry weather would not be expected to be experienced that frequently. Based on the Malaysian Meteorological […]
Sri Aman Bomba increases monitoring operations
BETONG: Following the forecast of bad weather until the end of August, the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Zone Three Sri Aman has increased monitoring operations in more than 20 flood-prone areas. “Under the supervision of the Sri Aman fire station, our focus area is Jalan Kejatau, Imau longhouse, Tanjung Batang Ai, Engkilili, Kampung Ijok, […]
Hot and dry weather until next month
KUCHING: Sarawak is now experiencing hot and dry weather until next month due to the southwest monsoon season. According to the weather forecast on the Malaysian Meteorological Department’s website, no rainfall in the state would be expected until Aug 17. However, isolated rain and thunderstorms would be expected over inland areas. The weather temperature for […]
Dry weather expected this week
KUCHING: The weather in Sarawak is expected to be dry on Monday (Aug 10), Wednesday (Aug 12) and Thursday (Aug 13) in the morning, the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) reported as at 5.30pm on Sunday (Aug 9). Rains and thunderstorms are expected in most areas in Sarawak on Friday (Aug 14) and Saturday (Aug 15). […]
