When climate change gets deadly

Search continues: Rescue teams from various agencies reciting prayers before continuing to search for victims at the campsite in Batang Kali. — Bernama

PETALING JAYA: Climate change could potentially increase rainfall intensity in the country, says a climate expert.

The altered characteristics of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (Enso) is also one of the factors behind heavy rainfall, said Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Earth Sciences and Environment Department chairman Prof Dr Fredolin Tangang.