Jempol now ‘unbearably hot’


Sizzling weather: A landscaper drinks from a water bottle under the hot sun in Sandakan, Sabah. — Bernama

SEREMBAN: Jempol, one of the areas covered by a Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) Level 1 heatwave alert, has hardly seen any rain in the past few months.

Jeram Padang assemblyman Datuk L. Manickam said this was probably the hottest and driest period he has ever experienced in three decades.

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