Higher accuracy in forecasting flood

(Standing from right) Salwa and Mohd Razali speaking about the PRAB programme at DID Malaysia National Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre.

AN improved version of the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) website, which includes a better alert system on impending floods around Malaysia, is scheduled to go live by the end of October.

DID Malaysia National Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre senior principal assistant director Dr Salwa Ramly said the new website (prab.water.gov.my) included an alert system that would warn the public on floods two days before the incident, based on forecasts.