KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Dec 2008: The weather forecast is that there will be moderate to heavy rainfall in several districts of Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor and Melaka until tomorrow. This condition can be expected to cause floods in low-lying areas and river banks, the Meteorological Department said in a statement today. The department has also […]
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Rain restricts search and rescue ops
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Dec 2008: Wet weather has hampered the movement of the search and rescue (SAR) team at Taman Bukit Mewah and Taman Bukit Utama in Bukit Antarabangsa as parts of the terrain have become slippery. A senior fire and rescue department official said today that the slippery ground posed a major obstacle to […]
Ulu Yam landslide: report in three months
KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Dec 2008: The Public Works Department (PWD) expects to take three months to complete a report on yesterday’s landslide incident in Ulu Yam which claimed two lives. A spokesman of PWD’s slope engineering division told Bernama that PWD officers had gone to the site today to carry out initial investigations. He […]