Rising from the rough waters

KUALA TERENGGANU, 4 Nov -- BAHAYA... Sekumpulan kanak-kanak bermain di persisir pantai dalam keadaan laut bergelora ketika tinjauan di Pantai Batu Burok hari ini.Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (MET Malaysia) mengeluarkan amaran angin kencang Timur Laut dengan kelajuan 40 hingga 50 kilometer sejam (km/j) dengan ombak mencapai ketinggian 3.5 meter dan juga terdedah kepada kenaikan air laut dijangka berlaku di perairan Terengganu, Pahang, Johor Timur, Sarawak dan Barat Sabah sehingga 6 November ini.Keadaan angin kencang dan laut bergelora ini berbahaya kepada semua aktiviti pantai termasuk menangkap ikan dan perkhidmatan feri.--fotoBERNAMA (2018) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

THEY say three kinds of people instinctively run toward danger: journalists, police officers and firefighters.

That did not stop the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) from getting slammed left and right after six personnel from its Water Rescue Unit drowned while on a mission to rescue a teen boy who went missing while fishing at an old mining pool in Puchong, Selangor, in October. The boy also perished in the failed mission.