Lebih 250,000 isi rumah di Republik Czech tiada bekalan elektrik berikutan hujan lebat

PRAGUE: Lebih 250,000 isi rumah di Republik Czech terputus bekalan elektrik akibat hujan lebat yang berterusan, menurut agensi CTK yang memetik pembekal tenaga, lapor agensi berita Jerman (dpa) pada Ahad.

Situasi paling kritikal berlaku di bahagian timur Wilayah Moravia-Silesia yang bersempadan dengan Poland. Di kawasan itu sahaja, lebih 100,000 isi rumah terkesan tanpa bekalan elektrik.

Hujan yang berterusan telah melembutkan tanah, menyebabkan banyak pokok tumbang ke atas talian elektrik dan talian voltan tinggi. Jabatan ramalan cuaca menjangkakan hujan akan berterusan sehingga Isnin.

Terdapat gangguan ketara dalam trafik kereta api apabila pokok tumbang di atas landasan dan air sungai yang melimpah membanjiri sebahagian landasan. Sekitar 40 laluan kereta api terpaksa ditutup sepenuhnya.

Di stesen Studenka, laluan utama antara Prague dan Ostrava telah ditenggelami air. Akibatnya, banyak perkhidmatan Eurocity menuju ke Poland dan Slovakia dibatalkan.

Pihak berkuasa menggesa orang ramai untuk mengelakkan perjalanan dengan kereta atau kereta api jika boleh.

-- BERNAMA

Niaga SPOTLIGHT: Costing The Silent Threat of Obesity

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Malaysia are a growing burden on the health system, with a number of associated health issues and economic costs.

The annual cost of healthcare for NCDs is estimated to be over RM 9.65 billion. Meanwhile, the cost of disability and loss of healthy life years is estimated to be around RM 100.79 billion. Absenteeism due to NCDs is estimated to cost the Malaysian economy RM 2.6 billion annually.

From the common NCDs, obesity is one of THE most significant health threats, with nearly 20% of the Malaysian population currently classified as obese.

Additionally, more than half of all adults (54%) are overweight or obese. According to the World Obesity Atlas, this figure could rise to 41% in Malaysia by 2035, if preventive action is not taken.

Niaga Spotlight focuses on immediate strategies to address this growing silent threat of Obesity, which also burdens the national healthcare system as well as national productivity levels with significant impacts and costs.