A screenshot of a Feng Yun weather satellite image of weather conditions in the region as at 10am Saturday (May 21). Screenshot from MetMalaysia website
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued an advisory on a tropical depression which was detected at latitude of 17.4° north and longitude 98.0° east, approximately 474km north-west of Bangkok, Thailand.
MetMalaysia, in a statement Saturday (May 21), said that the storm was moving north-north-east at a speed of 7 km per hour (km/h) with a maximum wind speed of 60km/h.
According to MetMalaysia, the distance of the tropical depression from the nearest Malaysian town is about 1,243km north of Langkawi Island, Kedah, and it does not pose a significant threat to Malaysia. - Bernama
