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PETALING JAYA: The ongoing climate shift from El Nino to a weak La Nina phase this year is expected to bring slightly wet weather mainly to the northern states in Peninsular Malaysia.
THE country is expected to witness a normal dry season in 2025, following a similar pattern to last year, the country's weather agency said, even as it highlighted risks of forest fires and drought in some areas.
Indonesia is expected to witness a normal dry season in 2025, following a similar pattern to last year, the country's weather agency said on Thursday, even as it highlighted risks of forest fires and drought in some areas.
For days, people in the Himalayan region of Kashmir watched in agony as a famed ancient spring ran dry amid extreme dry weather conditions. It was the first time in living memory that the spring water had vanished.
IPOH: School administrators across the country must adhere to the Education Ministry (MOE) guidelines in facing the monsoon transition phase next month, says Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh.
ANDONG, South Korea: Wildfires in South Korea are now "the largest on record" having burned more forest than any previous blaze, the country's disaster chief said Thursday (March 27), as the death toll rose to 26.
PUTRAJAYA: The ongoing hot weather is expected to be less severe than last year due to the weak La Nina phenomenon, which brings slightly humid conditions, says Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
SINGAPORE: Haze tinged Singapore's skies on Wednesday (March 26) morning, with the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) – a measure of air quality here – registering moderate levels at 9am.
UISEONG, (South Korea): Inhabitants of a Unesco-listed village were ordered to evacuate while a historic Buddhist temple was burned to the ground as South Korea scrambled to contain worsening wildfires, which are tearing across the country's southeast.
DEADLY wildfires in the country worsened overnight, officials said, as dry, windy weather hampers efforts to contain one of South Korea's worst-ever fire outbreaks.
Rain and cooler temperatures are helping South Korean fire crews as they battle the country's worst-ever wildfires on Friday, as the governor of the hardest-hit region called for overhauling response strategies to respond to the climate crisis that he says worsened the disaster.
A BRIGHT orange helicopter races over the jungle to dump water on a raging wildfire that is adding to the air pollution choking the northern tourist hub of Chiang Mai.
The weatherman in early February declared the onset of La Nina, a climate phenomenon that often brings rain and cooler weather.
UISEONG COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) -At least 18 people have died as multiple wildfires rage across South Korea's southeastern region, with thousands of firefighters aided by the military deployed in a bid to contain one of the country's worst forest fires in decades.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians can expect hotter and drier weather than usual from next month as the Northeast Monsoon winds down to an end.
SINGAPORE: For the Republic, 2024 was a year of record-breaking temperatures and unusual rainfall patterns – from July logging its first dry spell since 2019, to soaring temperatures and less rain in December.
UISEONG COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) - Wildfires expanded in South Korea's southeast region on Tuesday, threatening a world heritage site and forcing thousands more residents to evacuate their homes.
SEOUL: Wildfires raging in south-eastern South Korea over the past several days have burned 14,694 hectares of woodland, caused 15 casualties, including four fatalities, and left more than 3,300 people displaced, Yonhap News Agency cited the government said Tuesday (March 25).
Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging a number of homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blazes in the mountainous areas.
SANCHEONG COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) - Deadly wildfires spread further across South Korea on Monday as authorities designated three more counties 'special disaster zones'.
