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KOTA TINGGI: The exceptionally heavy or extraordinary rainfall on Jan 4 and Jan 5, which exceeded the monthly rainfall, has been identified as the cause of floods in the district since Sunday.
IPOH: The recent flash floods in Perak were primarily due to the exceptionally heavy or extraordinary rainfall, said state Department of Drainage and Irrigation director Ahmad Shahrir Md Naziri.
THE nation’s Prime Minister James Marape blamed “extraordinary rainfall” and changes to weather patterns for multiple disasters in the Pacific Island nation this year, including a landslide last week, which may have killed thousands.Parts of a mountain in the Maip-Mulitaka area in Enga province in PNG’s north collapsed in the early hours of last Friday.
MIRI: Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg has announced an additional RM10mil allocation to aid ongoing flood relief efforts in the state.
FINANCIAL constraints and extraordinary rainfall conditions this year have caused delays in certain flood mitigation projects by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), says Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngah.
KUALA LUMPUR: All flood control system infrastructure under the Kuala Lumpur Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) was mobilised after flash floods hit several areas of Kuala Lumpur on Monday (March 7) afternoon.
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government, through Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (LUAS), has begun reducing the storage capacity of reservoirs by optimally releasing water starting from Aug 16 in preparation for the Northeast Monsoon (MTL) which is expected to start in November.
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government, through Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (Luas), has begun reducing the storage capacity of reservoirs by optimally releasing water from Aug 16 in preparation for the northeast monsoon, which is expected to start in November.
KUALA SELANGOR: Selangor is mulling flood mitigation proposals involving underground tunnels based on similar models in Japan, says State Infrastructure and Agriculture Committee chairman Izham Hashim.
JOHOR BARU: The number of victims currently displaced by floods in Johor stands at 8,221 at 53 temporary relief centres in six districts as of 9am Wednesday (Jan 10).
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Families in Yambali village in Papua New Guinea were sleeping peacefully in their beds when a "mountain" of rubble buried them alive in a gigantic landslide, said a U.N. rescue worker at the disaster site and the country's prime minister.
TEMERLOH: At least five areas in three states are expected to experience an unusual amount of rainfall identified in the flood early warning system, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
ORDINARY people became heroes when they aided victims after unexpected torrential rain hit Central China’s Henan province last Tuesday and caused major floods in many places and turned streets into streams.
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 315 flood victims have been placed at two temporary relief centres (PPS) located at Dewan Kelab Sultan Sulaiman and SJKT Saraswathy here.
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KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 299 flood victims are still seeking temporary shelter at four relief centres (PPS) in three states.
GEORGE TOWN: A storm in the northern coast of Penang island caused flash floods in various parts of Tanjung Bungah here after a two-hour downpour.
GEORGE TOWN: After a two-hour downpour due to a storm along the northern coast here on Tuesday (June 29) morning, flash floods have occurred at various parts of Tanjung Bungah.
THE floods that submerged the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna last month, killing 15 people, leaving thousands homeless and grinding transportation and businesses to a halt, were not one-off events, warn experts, who predict that there are more similar, frequent and violent storms to come.
KUALA LUMPUR: Twitter is again abuzz with pictures and videos of areas here being hit by floods after a second day of heavy rain on Tuesday (March 8) evening.
