Breaking News-RTRS-UPDATE 1-Dry spell in Malaysia's key palm oil state till April

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Reuters) - El Nino-driven dry weather in Malaysia's key palm oil producing state of Sabah is expected to continue till April, a weather official was quoted as saying by state news agency Bernama on Wednesday.
Sabah's metereological department director general, Abdul Malik Tusin, said the situation was not as bad as in 1997 but the current hot weather was not "normal".