Once in 100 years: One month's average rainfall poured down in one day


KUALA LUMPUR: The amount of rain in the Klang Valley since late Friday (Dec 17) has equalled the average rainfall for a month, says the Environment and Water Ministry.

Its secretary-general Datuk Seri Ir Dr Zaini Ujang said this was due to monsoon flow factors and a low pressure weather system that achieved the level of a tropical depression that formed in the South China Sea.

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