Pasukan Mencari dan Menyelamat Khas Malaysia bergerak ke Trishuli Bazar untuk misi HADR

PETALING JAYA – Sarawak menjadi antara negeri paling banyak melibatkan kawasan yang dijangka dilanda ribut petir dan hujan lebat sehingga pukul 9 malam ini.

Jabatan Meteorologi berkata, antara kawasan terlibat ialah Sri Aman membabitkan Lingga, Sri Aman dan Lubok Antu selain Betong serta Sarikei meliputi Julau dan Pakan.

“Amaran sama turut membabitkan Sibu (Kanowit), Kapit (Song dan Kapit) serta kawasan di pedalaman Sarawak.

Selain Sarawak, empat negeri lain iaitu Kedah, Perak, Kelantan dan Sabah turut berada di bawah amaran ribut petir serta hujan lebat sehingga pukul 9 malam ini,” ujarnya.

Di Kedah, kawasan terlibat ialah Sik, Baling, Kulim dan Bandar Baharu, manakala di Perak membabitkan Selama, Hulu Perak, Larut Matang dan Kuala Kangsar.

Sementara itu, di Kelantan, amaran berkenaan melibatkan Kuala Krai, Jeli dan Gua Musang.

Bagi Sabah pula, kawasan terlibat ialah Pedalaman meliputi Pensiangan, Sook, Keningau, Tambunan dan Tenom.

Turut terjejas ialah Sandakan membabitkan Tongod, Telupid, Paitan dan Kinabatangan serta Labuk dan Sugut. – KOSMO! ONLINE

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia menunggu kebenaran Kerajaan Nepal untuk menghantar pakar asid deoksiribonukleik (DNA) bagi membantu mengenal pasti identiti jasad mangsa bencana di negara itu.

Menteri Luar, Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, berkata permohonan untuk menghantar pakar berkenaan sudah dikemukakan kepada Kerajaan Nepal dan proses pengecaman menerusi DNA dijangka dilakukan selepas operasi mencari dan menyelamat (SAR) ditamatkan.

Beliau berkata, kepakaran itu diperlukan bagi membolehkan sampel DNA daripada jasad mangsa bencana dipadankan dengan sampel diberikan ahli keluarga rakyat Malaysia yang masih belum ditemukan.

"Terdapat jasad yang ditemukan tetapi terus dikebumikan kerana mereka tidak mempunyai kemudahan yang mencukupi.

"Kita memerlukan DNA untuk dipadankan dengan sampel DNA ahli keluarga rakyat Malaysia. Proses itu akan dilakukan selepas operasi SAR ditamatkan," katanya dalam sidang media selepas majlis makan tengah hari sempena lawatan kerja Timbalan Perdana Menteri merangkap Menteri Luar Thailand, Sihasak Phuangketkeow di sini hari ini.

Pada Sabtu lalu, beliau memaklumkan semua sampel DNA waris terdekat 55 rakyat Malaysia yang masih gagal dikesan susulan bencana banjir dan tanah runtuh di Nepal selesai diperoleh.

Sementara itu, Mohamad berkata, Pasukan Mencari dan Menyelamat Khas Malaysia (SMART) yang dalam perjalanan ke kawasan 'ground zero' akan membantu pihak berkuasa Nepal dalam usaha mengesan mangsa yang masih belum ditemukan.

Beliau berkata, Malaysia berharap kehadiran pasukan berkenaan dapat membantu usaha mencari dan mengesan mangsa yang masih dikategorikan sebagai hilang.

Semalam, anggota SMART MAS01 yang menyertai Misi Bantuan Kemanusiaan dan Bencana (HADR) ke Nepal selamat tiba di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Tribhuvan, Kathmandu pada 12 tengah hari waktu tempatan.

Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara (NADMA) dalam kenyataan memaklumkan pasukan itu selesai menjalani proses ketibaan dan protokol misi pada 4.30 petang waktu tempatan, termasuk urusan pelepasan logistik serta pengesahan senarai anggota.

Pasukan itu terdiri daripada 11 anggota dan pegawai SMART yang membawa peralatan SAR seberat 12.4 tan antaranya kelengkapan menyelamat, alat pengesan, sistem komunikasi, dron berkapasiti tinggi dan peralatan khas penyelamatan terowong serta sebuah kenderaan pacuan empat roda dan sebuah trak muatan 10 tan. – BERNAMA

The other locations were Samarahan (236), Kuching (218) and Sri Aman (206). There were no locations with “hazardous” API readings of above 300.

Thirty-one locations, including seven in Sarawak – Sarikei (192), Mukah (181), Sibu (180), Samalaju (175), Miri (169), ILP Miri (168) and Bintulu (167) – recorded “unhealthy” API readings.

In Selangor, Johan Setia recorded an API reading of 185, Shah Alam (165), Klang and Banting (158), and Kuala Selangor and Petaling Jaya (155).

Elsewhere, in Perak, Tasek and Seri Manjung recorded an API reading of 163, Tanjung Malim (158); Nilai, Negeri Sembilan (163) and Putrajaya (159).

Thirty-one areas recorded “moderate” API readings, and two were in the “good” category.

An API reading of 0 to 50 indicates good air quality, 51 to 100 moderate, 101 to 200 unhealthy, 201 to 300 very unhealthy, while readings above 300 are categorised as hazardous.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 — Nearly two weeks after devastating floods struck parts of Nepal and the Nepal-Tibet border, rescue and recovery efforts are continuing, with Malaysians among those still unaccounted for.

To date, at least 1,300 people have been killed and more than 5,500 remain missing across Nepal and China’s Tibet region.

Here is what we know so far about the Malaysians still unaccounted for and Malaysia’s response.

On August 26, a torrent of water, mud and rocks swept through communities in Nepal and China’s Tibet Autonomous Region following a glacial collapse, causing an estimated Rs387.54 billion (RM10.3 billion) in damage, according to preliminary findings by the Nepalese government.

Immediately after the disaster, Wisma Putra initially confirmed that 55 Malaysian nationals reported to the Malaysian Embassy in Kathmandu as uncontactable due to severe disruptions in communications and electricity networks.

On August 29, the ministry further confirmed 36 Malaysians were reported as uncontactable in areas affected by telecommunications disruptions in China.

As of September 7, however, the ministry’s official records show that 55 Malaysians remain uncontactable, with verification efforts continuing through diplomatic channels with the Chinese government to determine whether reports of Malaysians in Nepal overlap with those in Tibet.

Among those reported uncontactable were Special Airborne Fire and Rescue Team (PASKUB) Senior Fire Officer II Mohd Fakhrul Munir Mohd Isa and eight other members of his expedition team, including Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) deputy director of the Fire and Rescue Operations Division Mohd Sani Harul.

The group was reported missing after the four-wheel-drive vehicle they were using during an expedition to Everest Base Camp was believed to have been affected by flooding while travelling through a valley in Rasuwa.

Others missing include 49 Malaysian citizens across three tour groups who travelled to Nepal for trekking and religious activities, including Hindu pilgrimages.

Malaysian relief

On September 5, the National Disaster Management Agency deployed an 11-member Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) to Nepal to assist in ongoing rescue and disaster relief operations.

The 11-member team will use high-capacity drones and specialised equipment to support operations led by the Nepalese authorities in areas requiring technical expertise and specialised operational capabilities.

In Malaysia, preparations for victim identification are also underway, including the collection and analysis of DNA samples from next of kin by the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) and the Department of Chemistry Malaysia, in coordination with the ministry.

Other Malaysian teams and organisations are also responding to the disaster, including a five-member team from United Sikhs Malaysia, a Malaysian humanitarian aid organisation involved in disaster relief and community assistance.

Mercy Malaysia has also deployed a humanitarian assessment team to Nepal to assess ground conditions and identify urgent needs, including emergency shelter, food, clean water, sanitation and healthcare.

In addition, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim also pledged US$1 million in humanitarian aid to assist flood victims and support post-disaster recovery efforts.