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PETALING JAYA: Kualiti udara di Serian, Sarawak kembali ke tahap bahaya dengan bacaan indeks pencemaran udara (IPU) direkodkan setakat 9.15 pagi ini mencecah 302.
Menurut portal Sistem Pengurusan IPU Jabatan Alam Sekitar, tiga lagi kawasan di Sarawak mencatatkan bacaan IPU sangat tidak sihat, iaitu Kuching (249), Sri Aman (235) dan Samarahan (233).
Tujuh lagi kawasan di Sarawak merekodkan bacaan IPU tidak sihat yang tidak melebihi 200, iaitu Mukah (184), Sarikei (183), Samalaju (178), Bintulu (170), Institut Latihan Perindustrian Miri (169), Sibu (166) dan Miri (165).
Lapan kawasan di Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur turut mencatatkan bacaan IPU tidak sihat membabitkan Johan Setia (168), Shah Alam (164), Banting (159), Batu Muda (158), Klang (156), Cheras (155), Petaling Jaya (154) dan Kuala Selangor (152).
Sepuluh lagi kawasan di seluruh negara merekodkan bacaan IPU tidak sihat, iaitu Tasek Ipoh (161) dan Seri Manjung di Perak (159), Nilai di Negeri Sembilan (157), Tanjung Malim di Perak (156), Putrajaya (155), Pegoh di Perak dan Seremban di Negeri Sembilan (152), Alor Gajah (143) dan Bukit Rambai di Melaka (141) serta Labuan (118).
Sebanyak 37 kawasan lain di seluruh negara mencatatkan IPU sederhana dan hanya Kangar serta Langkawi mencapai IPU tahap baik, iaitu 48 serta 34.
Bacaan IPU 0 hingga 50 menunjukkan kualiti udara baik, 51-100 sederhana, 101-200 tidak sihat, 201-300 sangat tidak sihat dan IPU melebihi 300 dikategorikan bahaya.
Semalam, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Ibrahim memperkenan menamatkan darurat yang diisytiharkan di Serian pada Jumaat lalu selepas bacaan IPU di kawasan itu melebihi 500.
Kuala Lumpur: Usaha menjejaki Pegawai Bomba Kanan (PBK) II, Mohd Fakhrul Munir Mohd Isa atau lebih dikenali sebagai Loe yang dilaporkan hilang susulan tragedi bencana banjir di Nepal masih belum menemukan petunjuk baharu.
Perkara itu dimaklumkan isterinya, Hani Othman yang berkata, maklumat yang dikumpulnya daripada pelbagai sumber setakat ini masih belum ada petunjuk baharu.
"Saya dimaklumkan Pasukan Mencari dan Menyelamat Khas Malaysia (SMART) sudah ada di Trishuli.
"Setakat ini, maklumat yang saya kumpul sendiri dari pelbagai sumber masih belum berjaya menjejaki mereka (rakyat Malaysia hilang)," katanya kepada Harian Metro, hari ini.
Menurutnya, dia turut bertemu wakil Kementerian Luar Negeri (KLN) Malaysia yang berada di Kathmandu dan menyifatkan mereka sangat membantu.
Dalam pada itu, Hani turut mendoakan supaya segala urusan pasukan penyelamat dipermudahkan.
"Saya doakan Allah permudahkan urusan pasukan penyelamat. Saya tahu mereka juga sedang cuba sehabis baik," katanya.
Turut dilaporkan hilang ialah Timbalan Pengarah Bahagian Operasi Kebombaan dan Penyelamat, Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM), Mohd Sani Harul, yang menyertai misi pendakian sama.
Seramai 55 rakyat Malaysia dilaporkan masih gagal dihubungi susulan bencana itu manakala 77 lagi yang dikesan selamat di Tibet dan Nepal sudah dibawa ke Kathmandu untuk menjalani proses sebelum pulang ke Malaysia.
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KATHMANDU: Pasukan mencari dan menyelamat (SAR) Nepal memberi tumpuan kepada tiga terowong projek hidroelektrik yang dipercayai menempatkan puluhan pekerja yang mungkin masih terperangkap.
Pihak berkuasa memaklumkannya hari ini, selepas banjir besar ragut ratusan nyawa dan menyebabkan ribuan orang masih hilang di negara Himalaya itu serta wilayah Tibet, China yang bersempadan dengannya.
Sekurang-kurangnya 11 projek hidroelektrik ditenggelami banjir selepas glasier runtuh ke dalam sungai di sempadan Nepal-China pada 26 Ogos lalu.
Ia menyebabkan pintu masuk ke terowong projek berkenaan tertimbus runtuhan dan lumpur serta memutuskan hubungan dengan mereka yang terperangkap di dalamnya.
"Operasi SAR kami memberi tumpuan kepada usaha menemukan mangsa yang terselamat, termasuk di dalam terowong.
"Tumpuan lebih besar diberikan kepada projek hidroelektrik Chilime kerana kami percaya ada orang terperangkap di situ, berikutan terdapat kantin, tempat penginapan dan kemudahan makanan," kata ketua pihak berkuasa bencana negara itu, Dharma Raj Upreti, kepada Reuters.
Pasukan penyelamat turut memberi tumpuan kepada terowong projek Upper Trishuli 3A dan 3B yang dihubungkan menerusi satu terowong bersambung, kata Upreti.
"Oksigen disalurkan ke terowong berkenaan melalui paip dan kami sudah menghantar peralatan baharu yang diperlukan untuk operasi membuka laluan masuk ke dalamnya," katanya.
Perdana Menteri Nepal, Balendra Shah, berikrar operasi menyelamat akan diteruskan tanpa henti.
"Kami sedar mengenai tanggungjawab dan sensitiviti perkara ini. Kami menterjemahkan semangat kemanusiaan rakyat Nepal kepada tindakan menerusi operasi SAR," katanya dalam hantaran di media sosial lewat Isnin.
Tentera yang terbabit dalam operasi menyelamat berkata pada Isnin, kira-kira 121 daripada keseluruhan 900 orang yang hilang dari projek hidroelektrik berkenaan mungkin terperangkap di dalam terowong.
Ada juga yang lain mungkin sedang bekerja di kawasan lain di loji jana kuasa tetapi tidak berada dalam rangkaian terowong yang luas itu.
Sejak beberapa hari kebelakangan ini, pasukan SAR berjaya menyelamatkan empat orang, termasuk seorang warga China yang dikeluarkan dari sebuah terowong pada Sabtu.
Dua lagi ialah pekerja hidroelektrik yang diselamatkan dari terowong lain pada Jumaat, manakala seorang wanita Nepal berjaya dikeluarkan dari rumahnya yang tertimbus pada Sabtu.
Sekurang-kurangnya 1,399 orang terbunuh akibat tanah runtuh, manakala lebih 5,400 masih hilang di Nepal dan Tibet. Angka korban itu termasuk 43 orang yang maut di pihak China dan 519 yang masih hilang setakat Sabtu.
Tiada satu pun mayat yang ditemui di Tibet dikenal pasti sebagai warga asing, lapor agensi berita negara China, Xinhua, hari ini.
China dan Nepal sebelum ini menyatakan perubahan iklim menjadi punca runtuhan glasier yang mencetuskan banjir berkenaan. - REUTERS
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will not shield any Malaysian company found to be involved in fires in Indonesia, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today, while calling for the recurring transboundary haze issue to be raised at the Asean level.
Anwar said the minister concerned would raise the matter for discussion among Asean members, while cautioning that allegations linking Malaysian companies to the fires had yet to be established.
“That is the allegation, but actually, many of the fires we detected came from forest areas. Even if there are Malaysian companies involved, we will give Indonesia the space to take action.
“If it happens there, they will take action there and we will not defend them,” he told reporters after meeting Plantation and Commodities Ministry staff here.
Indonesia said on Aug 31 that it was inspecting 19 companies after fires covering a combined 11,047ha were detected within their concession areas across seven provinces in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
The companies were not identified at the time.
Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry subsequently imposed administrative sanctions on five companies in West Kalimantan after fires were detected within their concession areas, including suspending business licences and ordering environmental rehabilitation.
Malaysian civil society groups have since called on Indonesian authorities to disclose whether Malaysian-linked companies were among those being investigated.
Asked whether Asean’s existing mechanisms were sufficient to address recurring transboundary haze, Anwar said there was room for improvement.
“There is room for improvement. I think the minister concerned must look at this seriously because this affects lives, especially children and babies.
“If we look at Serian, it has been extremely disruptive,” he said.
The haze prompted an emergency declaration in Serian, Sarawak, on Sept 4 after the Air Pollutant Index exceeded 500.
The emergency was lifted yesterday following an improvement in air quality, although authorities said haze conditions had yet to fully subside.
KAZAN, Sept 8: More than 50 emergency responders from Russia and Malaysia spent 18 hours dealing with the aftermath of a simulated earthquake during a joint exercise held on the sidelines of the Integrated Safety and Security Exhibition in Kazan.
According to the exercise scenario, the earthquake struck the Republic of Idelistan near its capital, the city of Salkyn. The disaster resulted in casualties and significant damage to infrastructure. Under these circumstances, the republic’s National Emergency Situations Agency requested international assistance.
Russian and Malaysian emergency responders were among the first to respond to the government’s appeal for help. Working side by side, specialists from the two countries searched for and rescued simulated victims, set up field hospitals and temporary camps, and provided the affected population with food, drinking water and essential medicines.
The practical part of the exercise took place at a modern training complex for firefighters and emergency responders, which was built specifically for the exhibition. The teams operated across six different areas, including high-altitude locations, collapsed structures and labyrinths, using specialized rescue equipment.
The exercise was conducted in accordance with the standards and procedures used for international classification under the methodology of the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG).
The tasks were successfully completed by Russian emergency responders from the Khabarovsk Krai, Siberian and Volga Regional Search and Rescue units, the Kazan Search and Rescue Team, as well as the Centrospas rescue unit. They worked alongside their Malaysian counterparts throughout the exercise.
Joint exercises of this kind strengthen cooperation between emergency responders from different countries while providing an opportunity to exchange professional experience, knowledge and practical skills.
“Only through joint efforts can we effectively address challenges on such a large scale and build a common safe future for our current and future generations. Unity of purpose and mutual assistance are a reliable shield that helps protect what is most precious — human lives,” said Russian Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov. – RT