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SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government plans to send officers from the state disaster management unit overseas by June to enhance their post-disaster response capabilities.
KIGALI, April 18 (Xinhua) -- At least 52 people have been killed and 107 others injured by disasters triggered by heavy rains in Rwanda since the beginning of April, an official said on Friday.
PETALING JAYA: Local universities must band together and place a serious focus on improving disaster related research in Malaysia, says Institute of Geology Malaysia president Abd Rasid Jaapar.
Three tonnes of humanitarian aid have been dispatched to Myanmar by Malaysian Red Crescent (MRC) following last month's devastating earthquake.
JERANTUT: The Sultan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, on Tuesday officiated Malaysia's first Floating Flood Disaster Command Centre (FLOODCOM), located in Kampung Bantal, Hulu Tembeling.
(Reuters) - The death toll at last week's nightclub roof collapse in the capital of the Dominican Republic rose to 231, the Minister of Interior and Police said on Monday, as families of victims began filing lawsuits against the nightclub's owners.
PUTRAJAYA: The federal government, through the National Disaster Managment Agency (Nadma), has allocated RM14.7mil in disaster relief funds to the Selangor government for 2025.
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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah's vulnerability to landslides and earthquakes has prompted a call to urgently adopt two newly developed geospatial systems to strengthen disaster preparedness and improve land-use planning.
Pasir Gudang City Council (MBPG) is strengthening its flood management strategies to ensure a more effective and organised response to future disasters, says mayor Datuk Mustaffa Kamal Shamsudin.
BANGKOK: The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)'s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Command Centre issued an official announcement on Thursday (April 3), stating that the disaster situation in the metropolitan area caused by an earthquake has now ended.
BANGKOK: Apple has confirmed it will unlock its cell broadcast system in Thailand, enabling the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) to send emergency alerts directly to 50 million mobile phone users, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has announced.
KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia needs to improve its preparations for the eventuality of earthquakes instead of taking a reactive approach, says a local geologist.
KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, on Saturday (April 5) presented personal contributions through Yayasan Sultan Ibrahim Johor to the victims of the Putra Heights gas pipeline blaze in Subang Jaya near here.
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KUALA LUMPUR: As Asean Chair this year, Malaysia can be more proactive in empowering disaster management in the region, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic).
KUALA LUMPUR: With Malaysia assuming the Asean chairmanship in 2025, it has the opportunity to take a more proactive role in enhancing disaster management across the region, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
SUBANG: Two Royal Malaysian Air Force A400 Airbus aircraft, each carrying 25 Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) members are waiting to depart for the Mandalay region in Myanmar, where a massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck on Saturday (March 28).
MANDALAY, (Myanmar): As the sirens wailed outside the ruins of Mandalay's Sky Villa condominium and Myanmar began a minute's silence for its more than 2,000 earthquake dead, Shwe Sin thought of her missing child.
