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Southeast Asia & the Pacific: Water deficits ahead for Malaysia & Indonesia

Southeast Asia & the Pacific: Water deficits ahead for Malaysia & Indonesia

The forecast through November indicates that water surpluses will be the dominant anomaly in Southeast Asia, while deficits emerge in much of Malaysia and Indonesia. Deficits will be exceptional in Malaysia. Surpluses are expected to reach exceptional intensity on the Mekong River through eastern Cambodia. Thailand will transition from intense deficit to surpluses in the north and generally normal conditions in the south.

Southeast Asia & the Pacific: Water deficits to increase in W Cambodia

Southeast Asia & the Pacific: Water deficits to increase in W Cambodia

The near-term forecast through November indicates that water surpluses will shrink and downgrade overall but remain intense in Myanmar and Laos. Extreme to exceptional deficits will increase in western Cambodia, and deficits of generally lesser severity will spread throughout much of Thailand. Deficits will increase in Malaysia, downgrade in Java and Papua New Guinea, and emerge in central Philippines, parts of Indonesia, and East Timor.