seen in decades has left at least 27 dead, with fears that number will rise. three days of torrential rain has partially submerged entire towns and villages, forcing 60,000 people from their homes. government agencies have been accused of failing to issue storm warnings or send enough support. i m joined now by hakim hamzah whose organisation, the malaysian red crescent, has been helping communities impacted by the floods. a warm welcome to the programme. tell us what you are seeing and experiencing at the moment? we seeing and experiencing at the moment? ~ ~ ., , ., , moment? we think that people are trapped moment? we think that people are trapped in moment? we think that people are trapped in their moment? we think that people are trapped in their homes - moment? we think that people are trapped in their homes for. are trapped in their homes for days. some have gone without food. we have deployed our members are volunteers under the ground to assist with the rescue efforts and
has partially submerged entire towns and villages, forcing 60,000 people from their homes. government agencies have been accused of failing to issue storm warnings or send enough support. global warming has been linked to worsening floods around the world because a warmer atmosphere holds more water and climate change increases the risk and intensity of flooding from extreme rainfall. hakim hamzah of the malaysian red crescent told us what the situation is like for the people who ve been worst hit by the floods. we have seen that people are trapped in their homes for days. some have gone without food. so we have deployed our members and volunteers on the ground to assist with the rescue efforts and the deployment of the distribution of food to those affected and also to conduct medical assessments on those who have been rescued so that we can ensure that their health levels
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PETALING JAYA: When people resort to stealing a basic item like fish, then the situation is really dire, various stakeholders and experts told theSun.
“Indeed, it is very unfortunate that the economic situation has worsened to such an extent that some people steal food to feed their families,” said Universiti Malaya economics professor Datuk Dr Rajah Rasiah.
He said the movement control order and enhanced movement control order have been debilitating for small and informal companies and their employees, individuals who have been laid off, and those whose earnings have plummeted.
He added that government stimulus packages have been beneficial to some extent.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Summary:
New US Covid infections for the week ending January 16th were 8.5% below those of the week ending January 9th, so it appears that the incidence of new cases mat have peaked and is turning down, at least for the time being. One caveat to that, though, is that we don t know how many of the prior week s cases were from reports that had been delayed over the holidays. For a check on that, we can compare new cases from the week ending January 16th to those from the week ending December 19th, two weeks which sh