Sungai Selangor dam level rose to 43%

SHAH ALAM, 5 June: The catchment of water at the Sungai Selangor dam today continues to record an increase due to consistent rainfall since last month.

According to the Selangor Water Management Authority (LUAS) website, the dam is now at 43.32 percent, at a rate of 99.63 million cubic metres, with rainfall of 27.13mm compared to May 17, where the capacity was at 41.83 percent at a rate of 96.21 million cubic metres.

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Heavy rain almost every day is expected to further increase the water level at the Sungai Selangor dam, which supplies about 60 percent of water to residents in the Klang Valley and Putrajaya.

The Batu dam has recorded a catchment of 92.31 percent, at a rate of 29.51 million cubic metres, and rainfall at a rate of 2.00mm.

Meanwhile, Klang Gates recorded a level of 75.90 percent, 19.23 million cubic metres with rainfall of 102 mm, the Sungai Labu Reservoir a level of 74.82 percent at 6.63 million cubic metres and rainfall of 9.00mm and the Langat dam recorded a level of 68.69 percent, 23.42 million cubic metres with rainfall of 25.10mm.

In addition, the Semenyih dam is at 50.23 million cubic metres (85.02 percent) with rainfall of 22.00mm, the Sungai Tinggi dam at 81.15 million cubic metres (70.87 percent) with rainfall of 12.00mm and the Tasik Subang dam is at 3.49 million cubic metres (83.07 percent) with rainfall of 32.00mm.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department predicted that areas in Selangor is expected to experience continuous rain starting today (June 5) to next Wednesday.

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Prior to this, the Selangor State Government made thorough preparations to ensure that there is adequate water supply for the people in the state and the Klang Valley for the next six months when the El Nino hits Malaysia.

Meanwhile, on the Malaysian Meteorological Department website, it was informed that in June and July, many places in the peninsular are expected to receive little rainfall, below the average rainfall rate, with rainfall from 50mm to 150mm in all areas.

So far, there is still uncertainty in the forecast for the El Nino, which is expected to hit Southeast Asia and some parts of the world from June or July, in relation to when it will happen and the greater uncertainty is in the severity of the El Nino


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