A SECOND wave of bad weather is forecast to go on until the end of the inter-monsoon transition period at the end of this month, said Natural Resources and Environment Minister Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.       

He said erratic weather patterns resulted in a revision of previous predictions that the inter-monsoon transition would end early this month.

“The second wave will go on until the end of the inter-monsoon transition period. We initially forecast the monsoon transition to end in the first week of November. But it’s now the eighth, (so) I foresee the transition will be completed by the end of November,” he told reporters at SM Chong Hwa in Kuala Lumpur today.

“It’s hard to predict the weather, these days,” he added.

Penang and parts of Kedah were hit by a heavy storm and flooding over the weekend. Penang saw 80% of the state go under 0.2 to 1m of water, while strong winds and heavy rain felled several trees and caused landslides.

On Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said in Penang that he had directed all agencies to be ready for the second wave of bad weather, as well as a third weather transition in February.

The situation Penang is reported to be improving, with fewer evacuees in relief shelters this morning.

As of 6am, 3,482 people from 914 families are still at relief shelters, compared with 5,729 people from 1,445 families last night. – November 8, 2017.