Malaysia – The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has appointed a consultant to investigate and restructure the city’s drains in order to help improve their capacity to handle rising downpour and mitigate flash floods. The assigned consultant has been given 12 months to carry out this research based on the average recurrence interval (ARI) of 200 of Department of Irrigation …

Malaysia – During a special discussion on this week’s flood that paralyzed Kuala Lumpur’s city center for two days, opposition MPs took turns probing the administration on the effectiveness of the country’s flood control system. Fong Kui Lun, the DAP’s Bukit Bintang MP who filed the emergency motion for discussion, expressed disappointment that the government and Kuala Lumpur City Hall …

Malaysia – According to the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma), the Environment and Water Ministry (Kasa) has been urged to strengthen the flood warning system by ensuring that the warning sound is louder and distinct from other sirens. It said in a statement yesterday that this was one of the key conclusions reached at a special meeting of the Post-Northeast Monsoon …

Malaysia – According to Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, five states — Kelantan, the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Terengganu, and Perak — have reached 100% distribution of Bantuan Wang Ihsan (BWI) to heads of families impacted by the recent floods. The prime minister remarked that the BWI (compassionate assistance) payments in Negri Sembilan have reached 82.7 percent, Pahang (65.5 percent), …

Malaysia – Federal Opposition members demanded that a special committee be formed immediately to probe the government’s flood management and that its conclusions be debated in Parliament. The 77 MPs, headed by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, also called on the government to implement more climate-conscious measures, such as a national adaptation plan and stronger punishments for those who break environmental …

Malaysia – Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, head of the PKR, has called on the government to establish a committee to evaluate all policies and the responsibilities of key agencies in the country’s response to and management of disasters. It was required, he said, in order to guarantee that preparations could be carried out in a timely way and that action …