For now, the first phase is operational in the Sungai Kelantan, Sungai Terengganu dan Sungai Pahang river basins: Ramly theSun theSundaily news localnews river floods forecast project
The Department of Irrigation and Drainage is developing a National Flood Forecasting and Warning Programme in 74 river basins nationwide with all three phases of the project expected to be completed by 2030.
“The PRAB model which will be completed in the second phase, meanwhile, will involve 38 river basins in the northern zone of Peninsular Malaysia right up to Sungai Perak as well as the East Coast. This is for the development of monsoon flood models. Salwa said the PRAB project will enable JPS to make monsoon flood forecasts seven days in advance and issue flood warnings two days in advance to relevant agencies as initial steps in dealing with the disaster.
Meanwhile, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Faculty of Information Technology and Science lecturer Associate Prof Dr Zulkefli Mansor said Malaysia currently needs an effective mechanism to integrate disaster management systems since each agency is now using its own.
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