Its director-general Alui Bahari reminded residents in Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and East Johor to take note of the four-day weather forecast and to take precautionary measures.
“The alert was issued as our monitoring found that strong easterly winds are expected to blow from the South China Sea to the east coast of the peninsula,” he said today.
He advised residents in the affected states to stay up to date with the latest weather alerts via the department’s website at http://www.met.gov.my/ or Facebook or Twitter Metmalaysia, @malaysianmet.