Koto was a tropical storm in the South China Sea Monday afternoon Indochina Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. Flash flooding can occur well inland and away from the storm’s center. Even weaker storms can produce excessive rainfall that can flood low-lying areas.

Equatorial cyclones are rare. That’s one reason Cyclone Senyar has done so much damage in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Tropical Cyclone Koto is moving further away from Indonesia but still triggers the potential for extreme rainfall in the Riau Islands.

One or two tropical cyclones may form inside or enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility before the year ends, PAGASA said Monday.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (METMalaysia) has issued a danger-level continuous rain warning for Terengganu, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, and Putrajaya until Saturday, 29 November In a statement released at 10pm yesterday,

BMKG reported that Indonesia has experienced 4 tropical cyclones in the last 24 years. These include Tropical Cyclone Cempaka, which occurred in the waters south of Java, specifically in Yogyakarta, in 2017. In addition, in 2021, Tropical Cyclone Seroja occurred in the waters of East Nusa Tenggara.

Cyclone havoc signals heightened climate crisis and environmental destruction in the Malay archipelago, especially Indonesia.

Petron Malaysia Refining and Marketing Bhd (PMRMB) said its Port Dickson Refinery (PDR)’s Product Jetty, located offshore at Port Dickson,

There will likely be continuous heavy rain, strong winds and rough seas across Peninsular Malaysia. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ovation of the Seas is skipping its only port on a 3-night cruise to avoid the influence of a tropical cyclone in Malaysia.

A low pressure area may form over the far eastern portion of Mindanao over the weekend and it has a “medium chance” of becoming a tropical cyclone. This was based on the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) tropical cyclone potential forecast,