Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Incorrect headli'looming storm' to cause flood ne of

A major daily should be correct in its report, especially its front page. On 11/11/2010. It headlined 'looming storm' and preparation by civil defence team in a northern state.

Nowadays, prediction of monsoon rain to cause major flooding is very accurate, and up to 5 days ahead. The prolong rainfall in early Nov 2010 that caused major flood in Kedah-Perlis-Kelantan was expected 5 days before the event.

Latest meteorological information (on 11/11/2010) indicates ZERO RISK in the next 10 days (till 21/11/2010) for monsooon rainfall to cause large scale flooding- i.e NO big flood in any state in Peninsular Malaysia /Sabah/ Sarawak.

In fact, with such accuracy, there is no necessaity to freeze leave of EVERYONE to prepare for flood. Just make inquiry with the Malaysian Met Department and their forecasters can advise the risk of a major flood in the next 10 days

However, within the same period 11/11/2010 till 21/11/2010, there could be 'local thundertsorm- not associated with NE monsoon surge' to cause heavy downpour at any place in Malaysia. Such event is 'localised' e.g. KL town centre, certain section along Federal highway etc

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