KOTA KINABALU: Sabah was put on Orange alert as tropical storm Parma, lurking over the Philippines, triggered heavy rains and strong winds in the east Malaysian state.
Many low-lying areas in the west coast of Sabah were flooded by overnight rains, with meteorologists anticipating inclement weather to continue till Wednesday night, while strong winds are expected to last till Sunday. Several key roads including Tuaran Road, the Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park road and the low-lying areas of Menggatal, Inanam, Telipok as well as several kampungs (villages) in neighbouring Tuaran, Penampang and Papar districts were flooded.Power and telecommunications systems were lightly disrupted by the inclement weather, but there were no reports of any casualties or serious incidents.
Sabah Meteorological Department director Abdul Malik Tussin said that the state was put under Orange alert because of moderate and occasionally heavy rain that could cause flooding in low-lying areas and overflowing riverbanks due to the existing tropical storm Parma over northern Philippines. He said winds peaking at 78kph hit the state’s west coast at 6am Wednesday and 25.2mm of rain was recorded within one hour at 7am. “We measured 80mm of rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8am Wednesday,” he said, adding that this was not considered very high rainfall.
On Sept 27, more than 60 houses were damaged in the west coast of Sabah and Labuan by strong winds triggered by the tail of Typhoon Ketsana that killed over 300 people in the Philippines.
Adapted from The Star Online Newspaper, 07/10/2009
Many low-lying areas in the west coast of Sabah were flooded by overnight rains, with meteorologists anticipating inclement weather to continue till Wednesday night, while strong winds are expected to last till Sunday. Several key roads including Tuaran Road, the Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park road and the low-lying areas of Menggatal, Inanam, Telipok as well as several kampungs (villages) in neighbouring Tuaran, Penampang and Papar districts were flooded.Power and telecommunications systems were lightly disrupted by the inclement weather, but there were no reports of any casualties or serious incidents.
Sabah Meteorological Department director Abdul Malik Tussin said that the state was put under Orange alert because of moderate and occasionally heavy rain that could cause flooding in low-lying areas and overflowing riverbanks due to the existing tropical storm Parma over northern Philippines. He said winds peaking at 78kph hit the state’s west coast at 6am Wednesday and 25.2mm of rain was recorded within one hour at 7am. “We measured 80mm of rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8am Wednesday,” he said, adding that this was not considered very high rainfall.
On Sept 27, more than 60 houses were damaged in the west coast of Sabah and Labuan by strong winds triggered by the tail of Typhoon Ketsana that killed over 300 people in the Philippines.
Adapted from The Star Online Newspaper, 07/10/2009
No comments:
Post a Comment