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In Indonesia, such events are called "angin puting beliung". [2] Many believed that Indonesia is safe from tornadoes due to the mountains protecting them, this myth has been disproven few times. [ 3 ]
27 June 2006 — Despite nowhere near the country, the outer rain bands of Tropical Storm Jelawat pulled in moisture which brought heavy rainfall over East Malaysia, killing 7 people. The city of Kampung Bundu in Sabah experienced a 16-hour rainfall of 8.6 inches (220 mm), making it the wettest tropical cyclone Malaysia has experienced. [4]
The region of Indonesia is not generally traversed by tropical cyclones although a lot of systems have historically formed there. [1] In an analysis of tropical cyclone data from the Bureau of Meteorology since 1907 to 2017 which was published after the dissipation of Cyclone Cempaka found that only around 0.62% of all cyclones in the Australian region during those years occurred north of the ...
Indonesia's environment ministry on Monday denied accusations that forest fires in Sumatra and its portion of Borneo island, which have blanketed some of its cities with thick haze, have also ...
The 2015 Southeast Asian haze was caused by mass illegal burning in Indonesia and resulted in over a month of haze in Malaysia, Singapore and parts of Thailand - triggering school closures and disrupting air travel. [4] The haze was considered among the worst in history according to a NASA scientist. [5]
In some areas of Malaysia the tsunami reached 3 km (1.9 mi) inland. [1] Houses in fishing villages along coastal areas were damaged in Batu Ferringhi and Balik Pulau in Penang. Coastal areas in Peninsular Malaysia e.g. 13 villages in Kuala Muda, Kedah and Kuala Triang in Langkawi island were also affected. About a quarter of holiday vessels ...
On circa 20:00 WIB, 3 December 2020, rain begin hitting parts of the city of Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. [4] No severe occurrences were recorded, until a levee [ 5 ] in Belawan River [ 6 ] and several other rivers like the Deli River and Denai River broke, [ 7 ] and waters started rushing, causing much of the flood . [ 5 ]
2020–2021 Malaysian floods is an event when several states in Malaysia were flooded in late 2020 and early 2021. Floods caused about tens of thousands of people to be evacuated to evacuation centers.