Prepare to launch: Personnel from the Kedah Civil Defence Force carrying out checks on rescue boats to be used for ferrying flood victims to safety in Kota Setar district. — Bernama
PETALING JAYA: Over 5,400 temporary evacuation centres to house over a million-and-a-half flood evacuees are being prepared for the wet monsoon season starting early next month.
At the same time, Public Works Department (JKR) said it was getting prepared for more landslides while the Maritime Department had already embarked on five rescue missions in the past week alone due to high waves from the approaching monsoon.
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