Prepare now for the coming El Nino heat

SINCE the beginning of this month, there have been almost daily headlines about heatwaves in Malaysia: “Hot weather: Bomba identifies 406 hotspots nationwide”, “Prepare early for El Nino, experts warn”, “MetMalaysia issues a Level 1 (yellow) heatwave alert for 15 areas in Malaysia” are just a small sample.

The National Disaster Manage-ment Agency should instruct all states and districts with Level 1 (yellow) alerts to convene meetings with state/regional disaster management committees to coordinate mitigation measures.