Extreme weather and floods in Kelantan state, Malaysia in December 2014

This paper described the event of weather activities and flooding in the affected areas of Kelantan State in Malaysia during the Dec 2014 to January 2015. This is the worst flooding in Kelantan since 1927 with approximately the return period of rainfall of 1: 1000 years. The scenarios of flooding, rainfall amount on land and rainfall rate in the atmosphere were discussed. The factors contributing to this flood in 2014 are similar to the 2006 worst Johor flood which also occurred in the December and January

Keywords:

Extreme weather , Flood , Kelantan , Malaysia