Experts: Higher risks of flooding in second half of 2024

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PETALING JAYA: La Nina is likely to return in the second half of the year and with the northeast monsoon expected in November, climate experts warn of more intense rainfall and higher risks of flooding in the country.

He said the likelihood of a La Nina episode developing in August is almost 70% and increases to above 80% beginning October, citing forecasts by the US Climate Prediction Centre. “This can increase the risk of floods, landslides and also headwater with debris flow like that in 2021,” said Prof Azizan, also a senior research fellow at Universiti Malaya’s Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences.

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