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A massive dredging and widening initiative has lifted Sungai Klang's water-holding capacity to 22 per cent, sharply diminishing flood hazards across critical zones in Selangor as the project moves toward completion.
Thailand has reorganized its disaster management framework, establishing four regional committees to coordinate responses to mounting flood and drought threats affecting 1,807 vulnerable locations nationwide.
Negri Sembilan's Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun has appealed to voters to judge the government on its concrete efforts to solve Linggi's chronic flooding rather than allow the issue to become a political football ahead of the 16th state election.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has instructed the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to develop immediate countermeasures against the anticipated Super El Niño phenomenon, which is expected to impact Malaysia from November onwards.
Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh has committed to ending three decades of flooding in Tanjung Minyak, following severe weather that displaced over 900 people from 300 families.