KUALA KRAI: A 28-year-old man was rescued after the Proton Exora MPV he was driving plunged into Sungai Durian here on Sunday (Dec 15). Kuala Krai police chief Supt Mazlan Mamat said police received information about the incident at 6.23pm and that residents who saw the car skid and plunge into the river immediately rescued the...
KOTA BARU: Water levels at three major Kelantan rivers have exceeded their respective alert levels as of 1pm on Thursday (Nov 21). According to the publicinfobanjir.water.gov.my portal, the three rivers are Sungai Kelantan at Kampung Sokor, Tanah Merah, at 18.43m compared to the alert level of 18m; Sungai Golok at Rantau Panjang, at 7.38m, surpassing the...
GEORGE TOWN: The search for Dr Balraj Sethi, who was swept away while trying to rescue his father in the Alaknanda River in Uttarakhand, India on Sept 24, will be extended until Nov 20. His brother Suraaj Sethi, 32, said the Indian police and the state disaster relief force personnel have agreed to continue with the...
BANGKOK: Two days of heavy rain apparently under the influence of Tropical Depression Yagi caused the Sai River to burst its banks and flood several villages in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district on Tuesday (Sept 10) morning. The district has been hit with heavy downpours since Sunday, when Yagi was downgraded into a tropical depression over...
PUTRAJAYA: The government has agreed to carry out a cloud-seeding operation in Kelantan from June 21 to 23 to address the depletion of the Kelantan River and to mitigate the impact of the hot weather phenomenon and the Southwest Monsoon, which is expected to persist. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is...
KOTA KINABALU: The body of a two-year-old boy who fell in a river in east coast Tawau district has been found Tuesday (Dec 26) morning. Tawau Fire and Rescue station chief Jemishin Ujin said Adva Iman Muhammad Iswan was found at 6.45am by the public about 200m from his house on Jalan Apas along the Kg...
PETALING JAYA: The river where the body of Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin was found is being drained so that the police can search for clues. At around 11.30am Tuesday (Dec 12), an Irrigation and Drainage Department truck was seen entering the cordoned-off crime scene. ALSO READ: Police: Only one person involved in Zayn’s murder A forensics team followed minutes...
PETALING JAYA: Despite the K9 unit sweeping the area previously, Faizol Najib Abdul Naim says his instincts made him want to search near the river. The 45-year-old Idaman Apartment resident recalled the discovery of Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin’s body at a river some 200m from the place where he was last seen. ALSO READ: Tragic end to search...
KOTA KINABALU: The body of a 13-year-old boy who fell into a river in the Penampang district on Tuesday evening (Oct 10) has been found. The victim’s body was found at 6am, after search and rescue teams resumed their operations at Kg Inobong on Wednesday (Oct 11). State Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Hamsa...
KOTA KINABALU: The body of one of two sisters reported missing in the fast-flowing Pegalan river in Sabah's Keningau district was recovered by search and rescue workers early Tuesday (Oct 3). The body of 12-year-old Azila Jabar was found at 11.36am by firemen and villagers about 1.7km away from where she and her nine-year-old sister Azlina...
