19 Areas In Malaysia Have Alert Status, One Is Affected By Hot Waves

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JAKARTA - The Malaysian Meteorological Department (METMalalaysia) has set one area in Kedah to be in stage 2 or hit by heat waves and 19 other areas on the Malaysian Peninsula in stage 1 or alert.

Reported by ANTARA, Monday, March 18, MET Malaysia stated that there is one area that is included in the hot waves (haba) stage, namely the Sena Principal in Kedah, which has a maximum temperature of 37-40 degrees Celsius at least in three consecutive days.

Meanwhile, 19 regions in six states and one fellowship area on the Malaysian Peninsula, according to Malaysia MET, are at the Alert stage because they have a daily maximum temperature of 35 to 37 degrees Celsius in three consecutive days.

The areas that are at the Alert to the hot weather stage are Perlis. Then for the Kedah area that is experiencing hot weather, namely Langkawi, Kubang Pasu, Padang Terap, Sik, Baling, Kuala Muda, Pendang and Setar City.

In the Perak area where the weather is hot, including Kampar, Kuala Kangsar and Kinta. Meanwhile, in Pahang, there are two areas that experience hot weather, including Raub and Temerloh.

Meanwhile, for the Selangor area, there are Kuala Selangor and Sepang who are also in the hot weather stage.

Furthermore, there is the Kuala Lumpur Fellowship Area which is also in the Alert stage. Meanwhile, in Johor, Muar and Batu Pahat were recorded who were in Alert status.

In a statement related to the weather forecast that was shared on Malaysia's MET social media page on Monday, at 12.15 p.m., the Director General of MET Malaysia Muhammad Helmi Abdullah said that based on analysis of weather models, it is estimated that dry and hot weather with temperatures exceeding 35 degrees Celsius will still occur in parts of the Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah within the next seven days.

However, he said thunderstorms and heavy rain and strong winds still have the potential to occur, especially in the west of the Malaysian Peninsula and north of Sarawak in the afternoon and early at night.