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PAHANG: The state government has improved logistics and storage capabilities across all districts and sub-districts to ensure smooth aid distribution during the 2025/2026 Northeast Monsoon.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said training and simulations with rescue agencies have also been intensified to test operational efficiency and personnel safety.
Public awareness and community training have been expanded to all zones to improve understanding of disaster risks and appropriate responses.
“At the same time, coordination between agencies has been streamlined under the State Disaster Operations Control Centre to ensure that every action is carried out quickly, systematically and effectively,“ he said.
He was speaking at the National Preparedness Month 2025 celebration in Jerantut, officiated by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
State preparedness involves 9,596 officers and personnel from 12 major rescue agencies and 989 land assets of various types.
Other assets include 246 boats for flood rescue operations and 243 helicopter landing sites for supply delivery and emergency evacuations.
Pahang also has 167 forward bases and 872 temporary evacuation centres capable of accommodating 166,295 victims at any one time.
“These figures prove that the state government and all relevant agencies are fully prepared to face any eventuality,“ he said. – Bernama
JERANTUT: Malaysia has emerged as a global benchmark in disaster management after a decade of structured training, inter-agency collaboration and strategic leadership.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said this achievement resulted from collective efforts, particularly by the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA).
“What’s even more impressive is that Malaysia’s capabilities are now recognised internationally, and even Russia has come to learn from us,“ he said at the National Preparedness Month 2025 launch here today.
Ahmad Zahid, who chairs the Central Disaster Management Committee, noted NADMA has actively participated in numerous global humanitarian missions.
Themed “Sentiasa Siaga, Bencana Terjaga”, the campaign reflects the government’s commitment to fostering continuous public awareness and preparedness.
He described the campaign as a platform to unify all national machinery levels under a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach.
“I believe the government and the people must move in tandem, because true preparedness doesn’t live on paper,“ he stated.
Marking its 10th anniversary, NADMA continues to spearhead national disaster management with structured, focused and effective government responses.
Ahmad Zahid highlighted NADMA’s transformation from reactive to proactive disaster management over the past decade.
He shared details about the planned Permanent Disaster Relief Centre in Jerantut, equipped with family spaces, kitchens and early warning systems.
The centre will ensure fast, organised and efficient aid deployment through modern emergency operations plans.
The government plans to build at least one such centre in each state as a long-term flood risk management strategy.
“Until now, we’ve relied on classrooms and school halls, which lack adequate facilities,“ he explained.
The MADANI Government is committed to building proper centres with complete infrastructure for community use outside flood seasons.
The event featured community activities including Rehlah Perdana MADANI Siaga and disaster response equipment exhibitions. – Bernama
JERANTUT: Kerajaan sedang merangka satu mekanisme khusus bagi mendaftarkan mangsa banjir yang terjejas tetapi memilih untuk tidak berpindah ke pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS).
Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi berkata, langkah itu penting bagi memastikan bantuan kerajaan dapat disalurkan secara menyeluruh, termasuk kepada mereka yang kekal di rumah masing-masing walaupun kawasan mereka dilanda banjir.
Jelasnya, kerajaan memahami mangsa yang tidak berpindah itu adalah untuk menjaga barang-barang di rumah terutama mengelak daripada kecurian.
“Yang itu kami sedang mencari mekanisme bagaimana untuk kami mendaftarkan mangsa-mangsa berkenaan dan pada waktu sama mereka diikhtiarkan untuk dapat bantuan.
“Namun, kaedah bantuan ini telah kami ubah dengan melantik Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) untuk mengkreditkan bantuan wang ihsan terus ke akaun penerima, iaitu mereka yang menjadi mangsa yang berpindah dan berdaftar, jadi kita beri keutamaan kepada yang berpindah.
“Bagi yang tidak berpindah, kita meneliti benarkah rumah mengalami banjir dan disahkan oleh jawatankuasa peringkat daerah,” katanya dalam sidang akhbar selepas merasmikan Sambutan Bulan Kesiapsiagaan Nasional 2025 dan 10 Tahun. Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara (NADMA) di Padang FA Jerantut di sini hari ini.
Ahmad Zahid berkata, dunia kini menyaksikan bahawa Malaysia mempunyai keupayaan pengurusan bencana berkelas global, lahir daripada latihan yang tersusun, kesepaduan agensi dan kepimpinan strategik yang sudah dibina serta diperhalus selama sedekad.
Beliau yang juga Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Bencana Pusat berkata, keupayaan negara kini turut diiktiraf di peringkat antarabangsa sehingga negara Rusia pun datang belajar dengan Malaysia malah NADMA turut menyertai pelbagai misi kemanusiaan global.
“10 tahun bukan tempoh yang singkat. Dalam satu dekad ini, NADMA telah membina sistem pengurusan bencana yang semakin matang, moden dan menyeluruh. Apa yang dahulu reaktif, kini menjadi proaktif. Apa yang dahulu terpisah, kini bersepadu.
“Daripada segi dasar, saya berbangga melihat NADMA memperkukuh rangka kerja negara melalui Dasar dan Mekanisme Pengurusan Bencana Negara, Dasar Pengurangan Risiko Bencana Negara 2030, serta Garis Panduan Pengurusan Risiko Bencana Berasaskan Komuniti (CBDRM). Kesemua dokumen ini bukan sekadar peraturan tetapi ia menjadi peta hala tuju untuk menjadikan kesiapsiagaan sebagai sebahagian daripada budaya nasional.
“Daripada aspek keupayaan operasi pula, Pusat Kawalan Bencana Negara (NDCC) kini beroperasi 24 jam sehari sebagai pusat penyelarasan maklumat utama negara. Kerajaan juga telah memperuntukkan RM135 juta bagi pembinaan Pusat Pemindahan Kekal Bencana (PPKB) di lokasi strategik, termasuk di Jerantut yang bakal menjadi salah satu tapak baharu,” katanya.
Beliau berkata, langkah ini bukan sekadar penambahbaikan infrastruktur, tetapi ‘game changer’ yang membuktikan kesungguhan kerajaan memperkukuh kesiapsiagaan dan memastikan rakyat sentiasa dilindungi di saat paling genting.
“Kita juga telah memperkenalkan aplikasi MyInfoBencanaJKM (MYIBJKM), satu platform tunggal yang mempercepatkan permohonan Bantuan Wang Ihsan (BWI) secara digital. Melalui sistem baharu ini, bantuan RM1,000 kepada Ketua Isi Rumah dan RM10,000 bagi waris mangsa yang terkorban akan disalurkan terus ke akaun penerima dalam tempoh tujuh hari dan yang penting semuaini dilaksanakan tanpa karenah birokrasi yang akhirnya merugikan.
“Di peringkat komuniti pula, Program Pengurusan Risiko Bencana Berasaskan Komuniti (CBDRM) kini telah melibatkan lebih 33,000 peserta dari pelbagai lapisan masyarakat. Mereka diangkat menjadi barisan hadapan negara dan menjadi penyelamat awal serta duta kesiapsiagaan di kawasan masing-masing,” katanya.
JERANTUT – Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi memaklumkan Malaysia tidak kebal daripada ancaman bencana dan seluruh jentera pengurusan bencana negara perlu bersiap sedia sepenuhnya menjelang Monsun Timur Laut (MTL).
Sehubungan itu beliau yang juga Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Bencana Pusat mengingatkan semua jentera kerajaan mengambil iktibar daripada kejadian gempa bumi lemah di Segamat, Johor pada 24 Ogos lalu serta kejadian banjir dan tanah runtuh di Sabah pada awal September lalu sehingga mengakibatkan kehilangan nyawa.
“Untuk itu saya telah mengarahkan supaya Pusat Kawalan Operasi Bencana (PKOB) di semua peringkat diaktifkan lebih awal bagi memastikan pemantauan dan koordinasi berjalan lancar sebelum bermulanya MTL.
“Untuk itu, seluruh jentera pengurusan bencana negara perlu bersiap sedia sepenuhnya menjelang MTL 2025/2026,”katanya selepas mempengerusikan Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Bencana Pusat (JPBP) di sini hari ini.
Menurutnya Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (MetMalaysia) menjangkakan MTL 2025/2026 bermula awal November 2025 hingga penghujung Mac 2026, dan akan dipengaruhi oleh fenomena La Nina lemah.
Katanya, keadaan ini membawa antara lima hingga tujuh episod hujan lebat berterusan, melebihi purata biasa lima episod yang berlaku setiap musim.
Beliau memberitahu Sabah dijangka mengalami hujan melebihi paras purata dari November 2025 hingga Februari 2026, manakala kemuncak hujan dijangka pada Disember 2025, melibatkan Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor, Sarawak dan Sabah.
“Risiko banjir besar akan meningkat sekiranya hujan berterusan berlaku serentak dengan fenomena air pasang besar.
“MetMalaysia akan mengeluarkan amaran hujan berterusan (waspada, buruk, bahaya) sekurang-kurangnya tiga hari lebih awal bagi membolehkan tindakan pantas dilaksanakan,”katanya.
Dalam pada itu beliau berkata, daripada aspek persediaan mitigasi, Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran (JPS) mengesahkan terdapat pengurangan ketara lokasi panas (hotspot) banjir daripada 4,619 lokasi pada 2024 kepada 3,683 lokasi tahun ini yang menunjukkan perkembangan positif hasil daripada pelaksanaan projek mitigasi kerajaan.
“Walaupun begitu, kita tidak boleh menafikan bahawa pembangunan pesat masih menyumbang kepada risiko banjir dan komitmen negeri amat diperlukan untuk memastikan usaha pencegahan banjir dapat dilaksanakan secara berkesan,”katanya.
Sementara itu beliau memberitahu Jabatan Mineral dan Geosains (JMG) juga melaporkan sebanyak 110 kejadian tanah runtuh di Pantai Barat Sabah telah berlaku sehingga 19 September lalu yang telah mengorbankan 13 nyawa.
Katanya, sejumlah 34 lokasi cerun kritikal berisiko tinggi kini dipasang dengan Sistem Amaran Awal (EWS) bencana geologi tanah runtuh.
“Saya telah memberi mandat kepada JMG sebagai penyelaras pemantauan cerun berisiko di seluruh negara serta perlu kerjasama dengan agensi kerajaan yang lain dan juga pihak swasta.
“Secara keseluruhannya, saya berpuas hati dengan kesiapsiagaan agensi-agensi kerajaan bagi menghadapi musim MTL 2025/2026 dan saya telah meminta supaya Nadma (Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara) melihat mekanisme pengurusan pasca bencana dengan mengambil kira peranan agensi-agensi kerajaan serta badan bukan kerajaan, syarikat berkaitan kerajaan, syarikat industri berkaitan kerajaan, syarikat-syarikat swasta dan penduduk setempat,”ujarnya.-KOSMO! ONLINE
With La Niña on the horizon, Malaysia prepares for above-average rainfall and flood risks this monsoon season
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KUANTAN, Oct 13 — The disaster operations control centres (PKOBs) at all levels will be activated ahead of schedule to ensure effective monitoring and coordination before the northeast monsoon (MTL) 2025/2026 begins in early November, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced today.
He said that the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has forecasted that the upcoming monsoon season, which is expected to last until the end of March 2026, will be influenced by a weak La Niña phenomenon.
“This condition could result in between five and seven episodes of continuous heavy rain, surpassing the usual average of five per season,” he said in a statement following the Central Disaster Management Committee (JPBP) Meeting No. 2/2025, which he chaired earlier today.
The meeting was attended by state secretaries, who serve as Chairpersons of their respective State Disaster Management Committees (JPBN), along with representatives from various agencies.
According to the forecast, Sabah is expected to receive above-average rainfall from November through February 2026, while peak rainfall is anticipated in December across Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor, Sarawak, and Sabah.
“The risk of major floods will increase if persistent rain coincides with high tide events. MetMalaysia will issue Continuous Rain Warnings (Alert, Severe, Danger) at least three days in advance to enable swift response measures,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.
On mitigation efforts, Ahmad Zahid, who is also Minister of Rural and Regional Development, noted that the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) has reported a significant reduction in flood hotspots, from 4,619 locations last year to 3,683 this year.
“This positive development is the result of ongoing government flood mitigation projects. However, continued commitment from state governments is essential to ensure that flood prevention efforts are implemented effectively,” he stressed.
As part of long-term preparedness strategies, the meeting also approved the construction of a Permanent Disaster Relief Centre (PPBK) in Jerantut, Pahang, to strengthen community-level disaster resilience.
“The project is expected to begin in 2026, in collaboration with the state government and relevant technical agencies,” he said.
Meanwhile, Ahmad Zahid highlighted that 34 high-risk critical slopes across the country are now equipped with Early Warning Systems (EWS) for geological disasters such as landslides.
“I have mandated the Department of Minerals and Geoscience to act as the national coordinator for monitoring high-risk slopes, and to work closely with other government agencies and private sector partners,” he added. — Bernama