Monsoon Surge: Sandakan, Kinabatangan Civil Defence Force increases monitoring and preparedness

People swimming at Pasir Putih beach in Sandakan. The Met Office predicts heavy rain on Sabah's east coast.

SANDAKAN: The Civil Defence Force has increased its monitoring activities and preparedness in flood-prone areas, namely Gum-Gum in Sandakan as well as Lamag and Sukau in Kinabatangan, in light of the monsoonal surge.

Sandakan Civil Defence Force officer Captain Abdullah Sabaruddin said his organisation, together with the Sandakan District Disaster Management Committee (JPBD) had activated the Disaster Operations Control Centre (PKOB) last Saturday (Dec 25).