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Ensure you are insured, Consul-General advises Malaysians travelling to Hat Yai for CNY holidays
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KRABI, Jan 26 — Malaysians planning to travel to Hat Yai during the Chinese New Year holidays next month are advised to make thorough preparations, particularly by ensuring they have appropriate health and vehicle insurance coverage before embarking on their journey to southern Thailand.
Malaysia’s Consul-General in Songkhla Ahmad Fahmi Ahmad Sarkawi said travellers should ensure that their motor insurance policies include flood coverage as an early precaution, taking lessons from the flooding that hit Hat Yai in late November last year.
“The situation in Hat Yai is now safe and the roads have been cleared,” he told reporters at the Ziarah Mahabbah to the Andaman Region 2026 programme organised by the Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIPs), which took place here from January 23 until yesterday.
According to him, about 60 per cent of hotels and around 50 per cent of eateries in Hat Yai have resumed operations following the floods.
“I was informed that with the Chinese New Year holidays coming up, they (hotel operators) are making efforts to reopen up to 80 per cent of the hotels that were previously closed due to the floods,” he said, adding that most major tourist attractions have also reopened to the public, like the Lee Garden Night Market and Kim Yong Market.
Ahmad Fahmi said the Thai government has estimated total losses in Hat Yai and surrounding areas due to the floods at RM1.3 billion, involving damages to properties and premises as well as the loss of economic activities.
Meanwhile, the Ziarah Mahabbah programme which entered its 11th edition was led by the Raja Muda of Perlis, who is also the President of MAIPs, Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail while also in attendance was the Raja Puan Muda of Perlis Tuanku Dr Hajah Lailatul Shahreen Akashah Khalil.
MAIPs chief executive officer Mohd Nazim Mohd Noor, as well as the Board of Directors of the MAIPs Asnaf Transformation Academy (ATAM) also took part in the programme.
Among the programme’s highlights include the annual audience ceremony on the Raja Muda of Perlis by the heads or representatives of the Islamic Religious Councils (MAI) of the six Andaman provinces, namely Krabi, Ranong, Phuket, Phang Nga, Trang dan Satun.
Tuanku Syed Faizuddin and Tuanku Dr Hajah Lailatul Shahreen also graced the promotion of Perlis’ signature dish, Kurma Daging and the Visit Perlis Year 2024–2026 as part of the programme. — Bernama
Gempa bumi magnitud 5.5 gegarkan Gansu
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LANZHOU: Gempa bumi magnitud 5.5 menggegarkan Daerah Tebo di Wilayah Autonomi Gannan Tibetan, Wilayah Gansu, di barat laut China pada 2.56 petang Isnin (waktu Beijing), menurut Pusat Rangkaian Gempa Bumi China (CENC), lapor Xinhua.
Setakat 3.30 petang, tiada kemalangan jiwa dilaporkan di kawasan terjejas, namun pihak berkuasa tempatan memaklumkan terdapat kesan retakan pada beberapa bangunan.
Wilayah terbabit telah mengaktifkan tindak balas kecemasan Tahap 3 bagi bencana gempa bumi.
Pada masa ini, Daerah Tebo sedang menguruskan pemindahan segera penduduk dari kawasan berbahaya dan berusaha menilai sepenuhnya tahap kerosakan yang berpunca daripada gempa bumi itu.
Siasatan awal menunjukkan gegaran dirasai berhampiran pusat gempa di daerah itu, manakala bekalan kuasa, perkhidmatan komunikasi dan air di kawasan terjejas dilaporkan masih berada dalam keadaan normal.
Menurut beberapa penduduk di daerah terbabit, gegaran kuat yang dirasai menyebabkan orang ramai bergegas ke kawasan terbuka untuk menyelamatkan diri.
Tiada kerosakan struktur bangunan yang ketara diperhatikan setakat ini.
Susulan kejadian itu, sebanyak 20 kenderaan dan 120 anggota daripada pasukan bomba dan penyelamat Gannan telah dikerahkan ke lokasi.
Selain itu, sebuah pasukan bantuan tugas berat daripada Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat Lanzhou, membabitkan 24 kenderaan, 120 anggota dan tiga ekor anjing pengesan, telah digerakkan.
Mereka menyertai satu lagi pasukan dari wilayah jiran, Wilayah Autonomi Linxia Hui yang melibatkan 10 kenderaan, 60 anggota dan dua ekor anjing pengesan.
Lanzhou adalah ibu negeri bagi Wilayah Gansu. Pusat gempa dikesan pada latitud 34.06 darjah utara dan longitud 103.25 darjah timur, dengan kedalaman 10 kilometer, menurut laporan yang dikeluarkan oleh CENC.
ROME, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Italy's government on Monday declared a state of emergency for southern regions battered by a violent storm last week, pledging swift financial aid to rebuild roads and businesses hit by the severe weather.
Relentless rain, powerful winds and waves as high as nine metres (30 ft) battered Sicily, Sardinia and Calabria for two days, pushing water inland and overwhelming coastal defences.
Authorities have estimated that the damage ran to more than 1 billion euros ($1.19 billion) but despite the scale of the destruction, officials reported no casualties.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government set aside an initial 100 million euros to address the initial needs of the hardest-hit areas, Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci said in a statement.
"In the coming days, the government will adopt a new interministerial measure to allow the restoration and reconstruction of the damaged infrastructure," Musumeci said.
Sicily alone suffered around 740 million euros worth of damage, the regional government said last week, but the island's governor, Renato Schifani, warned on Monday that the final amount could be double that.
The sea flooded streets in popular hotspots near Taormina, wrecking infrastructure such as wastewater treatment facilities, and raising concerns over the forthcoming tourist season. In Catania, a section of sidewalk collapsed on the seafront.
Land subsidence, probably triggered by the bad weather, is now threatening the town of Niscemi, in central Sicily, and around 1,000 people have had to be evacuated from their homes, the civil protection said in a statement.
Sardinia was also badly hit. Beniamino Garau, the mayor of Capoterra in the south of the island, said the sea had pushed about 100 metres inland.
In Calabria, the regional administration said the storm caused "major damage to agricultural business...with serious repercussions for the rural economy" in one of Italy's least developed areas.
Extreme weather events have become more frequent in Italy in recent years. Floods have devastated cities across the country, killing dozens of people and amplifying risks of landslides and floods also in historically less exposed areas.
However, locals said regional civil protection alerts issued ahead of the storm had persuaded people to stay at home, preventing any deaths or serious injuries.
(Reporting by Angelo Amante; Editing by Crispian Balmer)
JAKARTA: Angka korban akibat kejadian tanah runtuh di Cisarua, Bandung Barat, Jawa Barat, meningkat kepada 34 orang sehingga semalam, ketika pasukan penyelamat Indonesia mempergiat usaha mencari puluhan lagi mangsa yang dipercayai masih terperangkap di bawah lumpur tebal dan runtuhan.
Ketua Pejabat Mencari dan Menyelamat Bandung, Ade Dian Permana, pada sidang media berkata, sembilan mayat lagi ditemukan setakat jam 5 petang waktu tempatan.
Berdasarkan data daripada pentadbiran kampung tempatan, beliau berkata dianggarkan seramai 46 orang lagi masih tertimbus di lokasi kejadian.
Daripada keseluruhan 34 mayat yang ditemukan setakat ini, 17 daripadanya sudah dikenal pasti dan diserahkan kepada keluarga masing-masing, manakala pasukan forensik sedang meneruskan prosedur pengecaman bagi baki mangsa yang lain.
Kejadian tanah runtuh pada Sabtu lalu, berpunca daripada hujan lebat selama dua malam berturut-turut yang menyebabkan cerun curam di kawasan pergunungan Cisarua menjadi tepu dengan air.
Runtuhan tanah, batu dan pokok yang tumbang itu meranapkan kawasan kediaman, ladang serta kawasan hutan.
Pihak berkuasa memaklumkan bahawa operasi mencari dan menyelamat akan dinilai selepas tujuh hari, manakala tempoh tindak balas kecemasan selama 14 hari kekal dikuatkuasakan.
Indonesia kerap dilanda banjir dan tanah runtuh semasa musim hujan, yang biasanya bermula dari Oktober hingga Mac. – BERNAMA-XINHUA
Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Batu Kitang, Dato Lo Khere Chiang berkata, ia sekali gus memberi kelegaan kepada pengguna jalan raya yang berdepan kesesakan sejak insiden paip pecah dan runtuhan benteng dua minggu lalu.
Menurutnya, pembinaan laluan sementara itu bermula dua minggu lalu dan berada pada peringkat akhir.
“Panjang laluan sementara ini dianggarkan sekitar 200 meter. Kerja-kerja pembaikan akan dimulakan sebaik keadaan cuaca mengizinkan kerana kerja pemadatan dan penurapan tidak boleh dilakukan ketika hujan,” katanya ketika ditemui di lokasi tanah runtuh di Jalan Batu Kitang, hari ini.
Beliau berkata, Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) bersetuju untuk melebarkan laluan sementara, memadatkan asas jalan dan menurap permukaan bagi memastikan kenderaan dapat bergerak lebih lancar.
“Jadi saya minta JKR memastikan pembinaan dibuat dengan kemas, cukup lebar dan permukaan baik supaya trafik lancar dan tidak berlaku kesesakan. Bayangkan setiap pagi dan petang, jalan ini sesak dan keadaan ini tidak boleh diterima,” ujarnya.
Sementara itu, Lo menjelaskan, jalan asal masih dalam proses pengukuhan cerun dan pemasangan kepingan besi sebelum kerja penurapan dapat dilaksanakan.
Tambahnya, Sarawak Water mempunyai perancangan untuk membina sokongan kukuh bagi paip tersebut supaya lebih selamat dan tahan lama.
“Kerja pembaikan paip yang rosak telah disiapkan. Insiden kebocoran paip tersebut berlaku kira-kira dua minggu lalu dan walaupun ia menyebabkan kesesakan lalu lintas, kerja pembaikan berjaya diselesaikan dengan cepat,” jelasnya.-TVS