UNUSUALLY dry weather has hit Kedah and Perlis, leaving to up to 4,000 farmers in Kubang Pasu and Padang Besar without water to irrigate their fields.
Mada says the current planting season usually depends on heavy rains from the northeast monsoon but this year, rainfall was drastically reduced compared with the annual average of the past 40 years.
“The weather in the Muda area has been quite dry where rainfall has been reduced. From November 2019 to now, there has only been 1,645mm of rain compared with 2018 when volume of rainfall was 2,036mm.”
The reduced rainfall also results in lower levels in three dams, Pedu, Muda and Ahning, which supply water for homes, businesses and farms in Kedah and Perlis. – January 29, 2020.
A man riding a motorcycle under harsh sunlight as the trees planted along the road in Kuala Perlis are bare from the drought. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, January 29, 2020.A pool surrounded by dry padi fields in Kuala Perlis, Perlis. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, January 29, 2020.A herd of buffalos seeking respite from the heat in a pool in Chuping, Perlis. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, January 29, 2020.A man fishing at Timah Tasoh dam in Kaki Bukit, Perlis, after the water levels in the man-made dam drop drastically in the heatwave. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, January 29, 2020.A tapper working at his rubber tree at Kok Klang in Perlis. The leaves of rubber trees change colour to yellowish before falling during the dry season. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, January 29, 2020.A fishing boat cruising back to the jetty at the Muda dam in Sik, Kedah. The water level at the artificial lake has is down to 11% of its full capacity.– The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, January 29, 2020. Women collecting clams stranded on dry beds in the Timah Tasoh dam in Kaki Bukit, Perlis. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, January 29, 2020.Padi fields are cracking from the drought in Kuala Perlis, Perlis. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, January 29, 2020.A teenager resting on a log in the Muda dam in Sik, Kedah, as the dam dries up from the drought. The dam, completed in 1969, supplies raw water to Penang, Kedah, including Langkawi and Perlis, and irrigates 100,685ha of padi. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, January 29, 2020.A man pumping water from a nearby river to his padi field in Arau, Perlis, after the northeastern monsoon fails to deliver enough rainfall since the end of November. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, January 29, 2020.Wildfires are breaking out during the dry spell, burning leaves and branches in Pokok Sena, Kedah. –The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, January 29, 2020.Tree trunks submerged when Pedu dam was flooded in 1969 in Kuala Nerang, Kedah, are exposed again during the current dry spell. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, January 29, 2020.
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