PUTRAJAYA: The National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) has reported a rise in heat-related illnesses.
As of Monday, there were 96 cases, up from 93 the previous week.
In a brief report on the hot weather status, it said the breakdown of cases according to diagnosis was 22 cases of heat stroke, 68 cases of heat exhaustion and six cases of heat convulsions.
However, the agency said that only one new case of death due to heat stroke was reported on June 4. It involved a 31-year-old man in Ulu Kinta, Perak, which brings the total number of heatstroke fatalities to four.
“There are no cases being treated at the hospital at this time. All cases have received treatment and recovered,” it added yesterday, according to Bernama.
Meanwhile, Nadma also said that until Monday there was only one dam that showed a decrease in the current storage of raw water and was at a dangerous level – the Muda Dam in Kedah at 28.32%.
“Six other dams show the remaining storage of raw water is at the warning level, namely Malut Dam in Kedah (30%), Sembrong Barat Dam in Johor (44.88%), Teluk Bahang Dam in Penang (45.3%), Timah Tasoh Dam in Perlis (47.15%), Bukit Merah Dam in Perak (48.6%) and Pedu Dam in Kedah (58.27%),” it said, citing the National Water Services Commission.
In relation to the hot weather status, four districts in the peninsula recorded alert-level hot weather on June 7 while the day after, only two districts recorded that level.
“On June 9, there were three districts in the peninsula and one district in Sarawak recording alert-level hot weather, while on Monday, only one district in the peninsula and one district in Sarawak each recorded the same level of hot weather,” it said.
