Revealing the key drivers conducive to the “once-in-a-century” 2021 Peninsular Malaysia flood
In December 2021, Super Typhoon Rai caused significant devastation to the South Philippines and East Malaysia. In the meantime, an unprecedented flood event occurred in Peninsular Malaysia at 2,000 km west of the typhoon's path, causing comparable socioeconomic impacts as Rai. Record-breaking 3...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1736962024-02-26T15:30:42Z Revealing the key drivers conducive to the “once-in-a-century” 2021 Peninsular Malaysia flood Dong, Luojie Wang, Jingyu Zhi, Xiefei Park, Edward Wang, Xianfeng Yim, Steve Hung Lam Zhang, Hugh Lee, Joshua Tran, Dung Duc Asian School of the Environment School of Computer Science and Engineering Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Earth Observatory of Singapore Earth and Environmental Sciences Atmospheric river Extreme precipitation In December 2021, Super Typhoon Rai caused significant devastation to the South Philippines and East Malaysia. In the meantime, an unprecedented flood event occurred in Peninsular Malaysia at 2,000 km west of the typhoon's path, causing comparable socioeconomic impacts as Rai. Record-breaking 3-day precipitation was received by Peninsular Malaysia during 16–18 December. Based on the storm tracking results, this study identified two mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) that were directly responsible for the flooding. The two MCSs were directly initiated by a tropical depression and sustained by an elongated easterly water vapor corridor originating from the Super Typhoon Rai. The return period and joint frequency analysis of key drivers indicate that the 3-day downpour was more severe than a “once-in-a-century” event. Historical records suggest such anomalous moisture channel has become more frequent in Southeast Asia, which alarms heightened attention in forecasting winter flood. Ministry of Education (MOE) Published version This research is supported by the National Institute of Education, Singapore, under its Academic Research Fund (RI 5/22 WJY), Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (MOE-T2EP402A20-0001 to E. P.) and (MOE-MOET2EP10121-0008 to X. W.). 2024-02-23T01:05:21Z 2024-02-23T01:05:21Z 2023 Journal Article Dong, L., Wang, J., Zhi, X., Park, E., Wang, X., Yim, S. H. L., Zhang, H., Lee, J. & Tran, D. D. (2023). Revealing the key drivers conducive to the “once-in-a-century” 2021 Peninsular Malaysia flood. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(23), e2023GL106112-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106112 0094-8276 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173696 10.1029/2023GL106112 2-s2.0-85178435141 23 50 e2023GL106112 en RI 5/22 WJY MOE-T2EP402A20-0001 MOE-MOET2EP10121-0008 Geophysical Research Letters © 2023 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. application/pdf |
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In December 2021, Super Typhoon Rai caused significant devastation to the South Philippines and East Malaysia. In the meantime, an unprecedented flood event occurred in Peninsular Malaysia at 2,000 km west of the typhoon's path, causing comparable socioeconomic impacts as Rai. Record-breaking 3-day precipitation was received by Peninsular Malaysia during 16–18 December. Based on the storm tracking results, this study identified two mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) that were directly responsible for the flooding. The two MCSs were directly initiated by a tropical depression and sustained by an elongated easterly water vapor corridor originating from the Super Typhoon Rai. The return period and joint frequency analysis of key drivers indicate that the 3-day downpour was more severe than a “once-in-a-century” event. Historical records suggest such anomalous moisture channel has become more frequent in Southeast Asia, which alarms heightened attention in forecasting winter flood. |
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