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In 2001 the Government sought proposals for a solution that would allow a typical flood of three to six hours' duration to occur without flooding the city centre. [1] A tunnel that would allow floods to bypass the centre was one way of achieving this, providing it was coupled with temporary storage facilities to keep flows downstream of Kuala ...
On the same day, flood warnings were issued by the National Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (PRABN) to two districts at Kelantan (Kuala Krai District and Jeli District). [32] The NDCC advised on the activation of state- and district-level disaster management committees following the alert. [ 33 ]
Floods in Malaysia are one of the most regular natural disasters affecting the country, which occurs nearly every year especially during the monsoon season. The coasts of peninsular Malaysia are the most prone to flooding especially during the northeast monsoon season from October to March.
Flood mitigation is a related but separate concept describing a broader set of strategies taken to reduce flood risk and potential impact while improving resilience against flood events. As climate change has led to increased flood risk an intensity, flood management is an important part of climate change adaptation and climate resilience.
The 2014–2015 Malaysia floods affected Malaysia from 15 December 2014 – 3 January 2015. More than 500,000 people were affected in Malaysia. Kelantan was the highest affected with 354,800 while 21 were killed. [1]
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The Federal Government allocated RM4 billion (US$1.1bn) for water supply projects under the 8th Malaysia Plan (2001-2005). This is almost double the allocation under the 7th Malaysia Plan. The 8th Malaysia Plan also recommends Water Demand Management as a tool to ‘stretch’ existing supplies and delay the development of large capital ...
The Eleventh Malaysia Plan (11MP) (Malay: Rancangan Malaysia ke-11) 2016–2020 is Malaysia's five-year development plan towards realising the goal of Vision 2020.The preparation of the 11th Malaysia Plan is based on the National Development Strategy of Malaysia (MyNDS) which focuses on the development of people-based economy and capital-based economy with the implementation of high impact ...