Bad weather warnings ignored by ‘some parties’, says Ismail
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says the meteorological department had issued six warnings of continuous heavy rain before the floods hit last month, though this was ignored by “some parties” directly involved in disaster management. He told the Dewan Rakyat that there was an assumption that only states…
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says the meteorological department had issued six warnings of continuous heavy rain before the floods hit last month, though this was ignored by “some parties” directly involved in disaster management.
He told the Dewan Rakyat that there was an assumption that only states on the east coast of the peninsula would see floods due to the bad weather.
Ismail said that preparations to face the monsoon season were mostly focused on the east coast states while the “extraordinary floods” in Selangor were not anticipated by many.
“Following the extraordinary and unexpected floods, the frantic situation on the first day of flood management in Selangor had caused rescue teams to struggle in conducting operations due to the complexity of urban flooding,” he said.
“In fact, the flood management in Selangor did not show any clear changes on the second and third day (of the floods), causing dissatisfaction among victims.” — Free Malaysia Today
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