CHANGSHA, 22 Mei: Hujan lebat melanda beberapa bahagian di Wilayah Hunan, Tengah China bermula pada malam Rabu, menyebabkan banjir dan mendorong pemindahan penduduk, lapor Xinhua.

Hujan lebat melanda bandar Zhangjiajie dan Changde di Hunan dengan hujan yang amat lebat dilaporkan di beberapa bahagian Daerah Cili di Zhangjiajie dan Daerah Taoyuan di Changde, yang menyebabkan banjir.

Di Kampung Shejiaping, Daerah Taoyuan, hujan lebat berterusan menyebabkan banjir menjelang pagi Khamis. Pihak berkuasa tempatan mengatur pemindahan penduduk di kawasan berisiko.

Pusat Tinjauan meteorologi wilayah Hunan menaikkan tahap amaran hujan lebat kepada tahap jingga pada pagi Khamis. China mempunyai sistem amaran cuaca berwarna empat peringkat, dengan merah mewakili amaran paling serius, diikuti dengan jingga, kuning dan biru. -TVS

MIRI (May 22): The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) will be conducting a full-scale test of its upgraded tsunami siren system at Luak Esplanade here between 9am and noon tomorrow (May 23).

This initiative is part of a broader commitment by MetMalaysia to improve early warning systems across coastal areas vulnerable to seismic and tsunami activity, said its Miri supervisor Freddie Anit in a statement.

“The newly enhanced siren system is now a fully operational component of the National Tsunami Early Warning System.

“The upgrade is designed to further strengthen the existing early warning infrastructure in Miri, supporting more efficient and timely disaster management and prevention measures,” he said.

Freddie said during the testing period, loud voice messages and sirens will be broadcast at full volume and are expected to be heard within a 3km radius of the siren location.

He advised the public not to be alarmed by the siren sounds during this scheduled test.

To avoid unnecessary panic, MetMalaysia called on community leaders, government departments and agencies, and emergency response stakeholders to help disseminate information regarding the test to the public.

There are currently three tsunami siren systems here, with the other two located at the Miri City Council car park and in front of New World Mart in Lutong.

BEIJING: At least two people were killed in landslides that trapped up to 19 in southwestern China’s Guizhou province on Thursday, state media reported, with rescuers struggling to reach them in mountainous terrain.

“Two people who had been trapped by a landslide in Changshi Township, Dafang County, Guizhou Province, were found dead,“ said state broadcaster CCTV.

Two landslides occurred in separate parts of Dafang county, the first at around 3:00 am (1900 GMT Wednesday) and another at 9:00 am, the broadcaster reported earlier.

“Preliminary investigations (showed)... that 19 people were trapped” in the debris, it said.

The emergency management ministry urged rescue teams to make “every possible effort” to recover the missing people.

However, it said the remote region was “high and steep” and that rescue efforts were proving “difficult”.

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