Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
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Source: Himawari8 IR Band13 10.4um Clean IR Longwave Window Global Infrared 4km (60 min, GEO/LEO)

PETALING JAYA: The Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah airport in Subang was partially closed for an hour after lightning damaged its runway during a thunderstorm. Department of Civil Aviation director-general Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said lightning yesterday created three holes in the middle of the runway, each one averaging two feet (60cm) in diameter and six…

Four months into his role as Malaysian Meteorological Department director-general, Jailan Simon has his hands full dealing with one severe weather condition after another. He tells the New Straits Times about the dangers of climate change and the department’s complex work. Question: What does it take to be a meteorologist? Answer: You need to have…

Kuala Lumpur Integrated Dashboard integrates the weather, traffic, flood, pollution and etc in a single dashboard.

Aircraft frequently get struck by lightning but with improved design and technology they are built to weather it. THE weather forecast had warned of rain with thunderstorm that fateful day, the preliminary report on the Sebuyau helicopter crash confirmed last Thursday, and there was indeed heavy rainstorm, lightning and thunder in the Eurocopter AS350’s route….

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