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Heavy wash:Customers waiting for their clothes to be dried at a self-service launderette in Taman Desa, Jalan Klang Lama.

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Me­­­­­teorological Department (Met­Ma­lay­sia) has dismissed talk on social media that monsoon winds from the Philippines are bringing heavy showers and causing a wet and cold spell in the country.

MetMalaysia director-general Alui Bahari has also dispelled viral news that the sudden drop in body temperature could lead to high fever.

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