Sarawak fire dept preparing for flood woes on polling day

(Above) Fire and Rescue Department personnel evacuating Habibah (seated left) to the Marudi hospital. (Left) Floods have hit parts of Baram, such as Long Sibong (pic), for the third day running.

MIRI: Contingency plans will be drawn up to help deal with possible flood-woes on polling day in rural polling stations in interior northern Sarawak.

The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department are deploying teams into rural polling districts to help out during the vote-casting process in flood-hit regions.