Bracing for bad weather

Malaysian Civil Defence Force Penang director Lt Kol Q’bert John Martin Quadra (front right) inspecting the boats and floating equipment.

IT has been wet, wet, wet for the past few days but the emergency response teams in Penang are all geared up to face flash floods and landslides during the current wet season.

Penang environment and welfare committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said they were on full alert in tackling any possible worst-case scenario arising from the wet spell.