Several episodes of heavy rainfall are expected to occur especially on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, west Sarawak and east Sabah until March following the northeast monsoon phase which began on Nov 3 last year.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), in a statement today, said the country tends to receive stronger and continuous winds from the northeast at a speed of 10 to 20 kilometres per hour.

It said the weather forecast was...