'Winds not blowing in volcanic ash'


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia need not worry about any plume of ash blanketing its skies from the eruption of Mount Kelud in Indonesia.

“Since the winds are blowing from the north-easterly direction, it is not possible for the ash to head our way,” National Weather Centre Director Muhammad Helmi Abdullah said yesterday.

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