PETALING JAYA: While the Philippines and Vietnam are recovering from the devastation of super typhoon Haiyan, Malaysia is bracing itself for the onset of the annual year-end floods and storms.
About 57,000 personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department, Civil Defence Department, police and military have been put on alert while resources that can cater to up to 1.3 million flood evacuees have been set aside throughout the country, said the National Security Council.
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