Revealing the key drivers conducive to the “once-in-a-century” 2021 Peninsular Malaysia flood

• Main Authors: Dong, Luojie, Wang, Jingyu, Zhi, Xiefei, Park, Edward, Wang, Xianfeng, Yim, Steve Hung Lam, Zhang, Hugh, Lee, Joshua, Tran, Dung Duc
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Atmospheric river; Extreme precipitation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173696
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...