Downpours to replace dry spell

Wet days: Dark clouds looming over the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysians have been warned to brace for a wet second half of the year.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians burned under the merciless El Nino heatwave in the first half of the year, but they might be wading through La Nina’s heavy rain and floods in the second half.

As the Philippines and Taiwan floundered under the onslaught of Super Typhoon Nepartak, international weather forecasters were predicting a possible deluge in Malaysia in the next few months.