KUALA LUMPUR: The water level surged faster than ever before in the history of the 50-year-old Ringlet reservoir, making the release from the Sultan Abu Bakar dam inevitable, according to Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB).
Explaining last week’s flooding in the Cameron Highlands, TNB president and chief executive officer Datuk Seri Azman Mohd said the water level of Lake Ringlet rose at a rate of 0.59m per hour between late Tuesday (Oct 22) and early Wednesday (Oct 23), which was 13 times more than the normal monsoon rain condition.
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