Community responses on effective flood dissemination warnings-A case study of the December 2014 Kelantan flood, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Alias, Nor Eliza, Salim, Nurul Atika, Mat Taib, Shazwin, Mohd. Yusof, Mohd. Badruddin, Saari, Radzuan, Adli Ramli, Muhammad Wafiy, Othman, Ilya K., Annammala, Kogila V., M. Yusof, Halimah, Ismail, Norazlina, Yuzir, Ali
• Format: Article
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Inc. 2020
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/93907/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12552

Early flood warnings are important to allow sufficient time for evacuation. Although warning systems are now in place, key questions remain as to their effectiveness in sending information to the public, which may in part depend on the media used. This paper assesses the effectiveness of warnings di...