6 June 2012 George Town, Esplanade Big Wave. Surge.

GEORGE TOWN - Beberapa buah kereta yang melalui ditepi tebing persisiran pantai Padang Kota Lama dibasahi dengan air laut apabila ombak setinggi 5 meter melanda di kawasan itu di sini hari ini.

Keadaan ini berlaku berikutan angin kencang dan laut bergelora.

Orang ramai yang mengunjungi tempat berkenaan tidak melepaskan peluang untuk menyaksikan fenomena berkenaan.

A rare occasion of strong waves with heights up to 3.5m hit the west coast of Penang and Kedah since 1pm Wednesday.

Director of the Forecast Centre of the Meteorology Department, Muhammad Helmi Abdullah, said the incident was a normal phenomenon and due to the shift of the northeast monsoon winds to southwest winds since May 4.

He said wind speed of up to 50 knots was expected to last until Friday.