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THIRD CATEGORY WARNING WARNING ON STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS

1) STRONG WIND AND ROUGH SEAS THIRD CATEGORY WARNING - UPDATE

Strong westerly/southwesterly winds from 60 kmph and rough seas with waves up to 5.5 metres over coastal waters off North Sabah including Layang-Layang waters, Palawan and Kudat is expected to continue until Saturday, 17 May 2008.

This condition of strong winds and rough seas is dangerous to shipping activities, oil platform and coastal activities.

2) STRONG WIND AND ROUGH SEAS SECOND CATEGORY WARNING

Strong westerly winds of 50-60 kmph and rough seas with waves up to 4.5 metres over coastal waters off Kelantan, Terengganu, central of South China Sea , west Sabah, F.T Labuan and Sulu is expected to continue until Saturday, 17 May 2008.

This condition of strong winds and rough seas is dangerous to fishing and ferry services and coastal activities.

3) STRONG WIND AND ROUGH SEAS FIRST CATEGORY WARNING

Strong westerly winds of 40-50 kmph and rough seas with waves up to 3.5 metres over coastal waters off Northern Sarawak is expected to continue until Saturday, 17 May 2008.

This condition of strong winds and rough seas is dangerous to small crafts, recreational sea activities and sea sports.

4)THUNDERSTORMS WARNING

Thunderstorm activities over the coastal waters off North Sabah, Sulu and centre of South China Seas are expected to persist until night, Tuesday, 13 May 2008.

This condition can cause strong wind up to 40 km/h and rough seas up to 2.5 meters and dangerous to small boats.

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Extremely strong winds blew over Miri tonight and the night before, causing many trees to fall. Since I was caught outside when the winds blew, I waited for it to pass instead of driving back in the heavy winds. Once it had died down, on the drive back I was quite surprised to see that the road I usually travel along on the way home was completely blocked by 2(!) fallen trees and third one which partially blocked the road.

It was also quite interesting to see that the tree barks being stripped off the trees and scattered all over the roads along with the leaves and smaller branches.

I heard from other friends that more trees were uprooted in several other places due to the same winds.

Of course, strong winds were nothing new. We had experienced that last year when similarly strong winds blew rooftops away, and a few years before that was almost the sole reason for shutting down the Lambir Park for 2 years. In that particular one I was driving on the way home when it hit and I recall the twigs and 2-foot long branches and tree barks, leaves and various debris were hitting my windshield for the whole trip back. That one felled many trees as well.