MetMalaysia warns of severe storms across peninsula and East Malaysia

The Malaysian Meteorological Department has issued a thunderstorm warning for several regions across Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak, and Sabah, predicting heavy rain, lightning, and strong winds until 6 PM.

This adverse weather is expected to impact commuters during the evening rush hour, particularly in the northern, southern, and eastern areas.

The alert encompasses numerous districts, including the entirety of Perlis and Penang, and specifies regions within Kedah, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor, and parts of Sarawak and Sabah.

These warnings serve as short-term advisories due to expected severe weather conditions.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a thunderstorm warning across several states in Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak, and Sabah, forecasting heavy downpours, lightning, and gusty winds until 6pm today.

In an advisory released at 3.45pm, the department cautioned that adverse weather will affect commuters heading into the evening rush hour across northern, southern, and eastern corridors.

In the northern peninsula, the alert covers the entirety of Perlis and Penang.

In Kedah, stormy conditions are expected across eight districts: Langkawi, Kubang Pasu, Padang Terap, Sik, Baling, Kuala Muda, Kulim, and Bandar Baharu.

In Perak, the warning covers Kerian, Larut, Matang dan Selama, Hulu Perak, Kuala Kangsar, Kinta, Kampar, Batang Padang, and Perak Tengah.

On the east of the peninsula, the advisory encompasses Kuala Krai, Machang, and Pasir Puteh in Kelantan, alongside Besut, Setiu, Hulu Terengganu, and Dungun in Terengganu. In Pahang, affected areas include Cameron Highlands, Lipis, Jerantut, and Kuantan.

Further south, stormy weather is forecast across Johor, covering Tangkak, Segamat, Muar, Batu Pahat, Kluang, and Kulai.

In East Malaysia, the warning spans extensive divisions across Sarawak: Betong, Sarikei, Mukah, Sibu, Bintulu, Limbang, Song in Kapit, as well as Subis and Marudi in Miri.

In Sabah, the alert covers Kudat, the West Coast division, and the Interior division (specifically Beaufort, Sipitang, and Tambunan). It also extends to Sandakan (Kinabatangan and Sandakan) and the Tawau division (Tawau, Kalabakan, and Semporna).

MetMalaysia explained that a thunderstorm warning is triggered when cloud formations indicate imminent heavy rainfall with an intensity exceeding 20 millimetres per hour, or when precipitation is expected to persist for more than an hour.

The department emphasized that these alerts serve as short-term advisories and remain valid for a maximum duration of six hours from the time of issuance.

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马来西亚气象局已对马来西亚半岛、砂拉越和沙巴的多个地区发布雷暴警告，预计强降雨、闪电和大风天气将持续到下午6点。

预计这种恶劣天气将在晚高峰时段对通勤者造成影响，尤其是在北部、南部和东部地区。

警报范围涵盖多个地区，包括玻璃市和槟城全境，并具体指明了吉打、霹雳、吉兰丹、登嘉楼、彭亨、柔佛以及砂拉越和沙巴的部分地区。

这些警告是由于预计将出现恶劣天气状况而发布的短期预警。

吉隆坡，10月13日讯——马来西亚气象局（MetMalaysia）已对马来西亚半岛、砂拉越和沙巴的多个州发布雷暴警告，预计今天下午6点前将出现强降雨、闪电和大风天气。

下午 3 点 45 分发布的公告中，该部门警告说，恶劣天气将影响通勤者在晚高峰时段前往北部、南部和东部走廊的出行。

在马来半岛北部，警报范围涵盖玻璃市和槟城全境。

在吉打州，预计八个地区将出现暴风雨天气：兰卡威、古邦巴苏、巴东特拉普、锡克、华陵、瓜拉慕达、居林和班达尔巴哈鲁。

在霹雳州，警告涵盖了 Kerian、Larut、Matang dan Selama、Hulu Perak、Kuala Kangsar、Kinta、Kampar、Batang Padang 和 Perak Tengah。

在半岛东部，该警告涵盖吉兰丹州的瓜拉吉赖、马章和巴西布地，以及登嘉楼州的勿述、士兆、乌鲁登嘉楼和龙运。在彭亨州，受影响的地区包括金马仑高原、立卑、而连突和关丹。

再往南，预计柔佛州将有暴风雨天气，包括东甲、昔加末、麻坡、峇株巴辖、居銮和古来。

在东马，该警告涵盖砂拉越的广泛地区：勿洞、泗里街、木胶、诗巫、民都鲁、林梦、加帛的宋，以及美里的苏比斯和马鲁地。

在沙巴，警报覆盖古达、西海岸分区和内陆分区（特别是博福特、实必登和坦布南）。它还延伸至山打根（京那巴当岸和山打根）和斗湖区（斗湖、加拉巴干和仙本那）。

马来西亚气象局解释说，当云层形成表明即将出现强度超过每小时 20 毫米的强降雨，或者预计降水将持续超过一小时时，就会触发雷暴警告。

该部门强调，这些警报仅作为短期建议，自发布之日起最多有效六小时。

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