Floods: Environment and Water Ministry told to improve flood warning system, says Nadma

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Environment and Water Ministry (Kasa) has been asked to improve the flood warning system by ensuring that the siren is at a higher volume and different from that of other sirens, says the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma).

In a statement, it said this was among the important decisions taken at the post-northeast monsoon flood disaster management task force special meeting chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Monday .

"For states which have entered the post-disaster phase, the state and district disaster command centres are asked to hold discussions with the district Drainage and Irrigation Department to conduct assessment on affected areas,” it said Tuesday . According to Nadma, flood operations throughout the country now involved 17,223 personnel of responder agencies using 3,251 combined assets of various agencies while the Social Welfare Department had distributed 544,064 food packs which were provided three times a day together with other essentials to flood victims.

 

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