Peninsular Malaysia tornado outbreak of 2014

Therefore, he said, it will conduct a study on the phenomenon to find the main reason why Malaysia is now seen as synonymous with the formation of a tornado that normally forms around the continental United States.

"Tornado ever recorded hit several states around the peninsula in 2010 and located in Penang, Perlis and Selangor, but the incident did not occur as frequently as in Kedah since lately.

Recently, strong winds as if a tornado confirmed type 'downdraft' also hit the area Taman Wira Imam, here, yesterday afternoon causing around 13 houses were damaged.

Let's take the example of a tornado that swept ashore several areas in Kedah, it is only about the size of 20 to 30 meters with 30 movements kilometers per hour (km / h), "he said.

On 21 October, an unrated tornado struck a small town of Pandamaran, Klang, Selangor damaging over 30 houses and no fatalities reported.