Flood of lessons to be learnt

THE Meteorological Department has clarified that it issued warnings about the possibility of incessant rainfall a few days before the massive floods that hit several parts of the peninsula, including the Klang Valley. But it only issued the red alert on Saturday, several hours after many parts of the Klang Valley were already flooded.

In fact, the red alert should have been sounded as soon as super typhoon Rai hit the Philippines several hours earlier.