LAPORAN TAHUNAN 2016

Trek laluan pesawat semasa OPA dijalankan di MADA, Kedah (kiri) dan empangan di Johor (kanan)
Flight route during the cloud seeding operations at MADA, Kedah (left) and in Johor dam (right)
Fenomena ini telah menyebabkan krisis air yang
serius dan berpanjangan. Paras air di beberapa
empangan menyusut sehingga melepasi tahap
kritikal. Kebakaran hutan berleluasa dan
pembakaran tanah gambut di Sabah juga telah
menyebabkan masalah jerebu yang teruk di kawasan
Kuala Penyu, Membakut, Beaufort dan Penampang.
This phenomenon has caused serious and continuos
water crisis. Water level of dams subside to critical
level. The widespread forest fires and peat land
burnings in Sabah have also caused severe haze
problem in Kuala Penyu, Membakut, Beaufort and
Penampang.
Operasi Pembenihan Awan dengan pesawat TUDM
Cloud seeding operations using RMAF aircraft
Bagi menangani kemelut ini, MMD dengan
kerjasama Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara
(NADMA), TUDM dan pesawat swasta
menjalankan operasi pembenihan awan di
kawasan-kawasan yang terjejas.
To mitigate this crisis, MMD in collaboration with
the National Disaster Management Agency
(NADMA), RMAF and private aircraft have
conducted cloud seeding operations in the affected
areas.
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