New Straits Times - Heaviest Rainfall In In 100 Years In Johor, Malaysia - Floods Widespread

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Johor has seen its worst floods ever after the heaviest rainfall in 100 years. The sun has been at its worst in Kuala Lumpur for weeks while rough seas with waves up to 5.5 metres high have been pounding the east coast.

Assoc Prof Dr Fredolin Tangang @ Tajudin Mahmud says the extreme weather is linked to climate change brought about by global warming. It is an admission other local experts have so far been reluctant to make.

The weather expert, commissioned by the government earlier this year to study the implications of this phenomenon, said the weather was undergoing a metamorphosis.

Based at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s School of Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Tangang hopes to complete a preliminary report for the government by the end of this month. He warns Malaysians to be prepared for the possibility of more extreme weather.

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