The country’s disaster early warning system (EWS) is weak and unable to detect calamities, such as the major floods that are happening now, early, an expert has said.

According to Khamarrul Azahari Razak, director of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia’s Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Centre (DPPC), this costs the country losses of about RM36 billion a year, involving over 70,000 victims.

Speaking to Utusan Malaysia, Khamarrul also said...