Warnings of flash floods


Ready for disaster: Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II staff members practising the setting up of barricades to avoid major floods in Kota Baru, Kelantan. Under the 11th Malaysia Plan’s First Rolling Plan, the government has approved a flood mitigation project for the hospital at a cost of RM8mil, with the aim of improving disaster-relief infrastructure in the state. — Bernama

PETALING JAYA: The Meteorological Department MetMalaysia warned that the monsoon is predicted to bring about continuous rain for four days, from Dec 17 to Dec 21, on the east coast states of the peninsula.

The wet weather is expected to last until early next year due to the northeast monsoon and the La Nina cycle, said its director-general Muhammad Helmi Abdullah.

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