New disaster management system online this flood season


Badly damaged: Junoh Man, 74, standing at what is left of her living room after her house was hit by a storm and landspout at Kampung Manggol Bongor in Kodiang, Kedah. Armizan says that JCOP will be updated 24 hours a day through the National Disaster Control Centre under Nadma. — Bernama

AN integrated data system for disaster management will be put to use for the first time during the year-end monsoon season, says Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali.

“This November will be the first time the Defence Geospatial Information Management Platform is being used to face the northeast monsoon,” said the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs and Special Functions) in reply to a question by Zahir Hassan (PH-Wangsa Maju).

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