Goodbye haze, welcome rain

Glad that the haze is gone. As the Beatles song goes "Here comes the sun" is so apt.


Dark Skies: Heavy rain fell in various parts of Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya on Sunday afternoon. Many Malaysians finally had the chance to breathe fresh air after putting up with the severe haze the past week.

Goodbye haze, welcome rain
By TEOH TEIK HOONG, AUDREY EDWARDS AND BEH YUEN HUI
The Star

Dark Skies: Heavy rain fell in various parts of Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya on Sunday afternoon. Many Malaysians finally had the chance to breathe fresh air after putting up with the severe haze the past week.

PETALING JAYA: Many Malaysians finally had the chance to breathe fresh air after putting up with the severe haze the past week.

Rain in several states helped wash away the smog and brought much-needed respite to the people who didn't mind setting aside their face masks for umbrellas.

Heavy rain fell in various parts of Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya in the afternoon, lasting two hours.


RAIN REVELRY: Syahmi Shaari, 7, and his younger sister Nur Sabrina Shaari, 5, having fun in the rain in Petaling Jaya at 2.30pm, yesterday.— Starpic JOEL CHAN


FLASH FLOOD: Cars moving along a section of Jalan Datuk Abu Bakar which was flooded at 3pm yesterday following a downpour in several parts of the Klang Valley. — STARpic by NG KOK LEONG