JOHOR BAHRU: The Johor Civil Defence Force has made preparations for facing the northeast monsoon, including ensuring its human resource strength and assets are adequate to deal with floods.
Johor APM director Kamal Mokhtar said 1,264 officers and men, 72 boats and 34 land vehicles are ready to be deployed to help affected residents, adding that it activated its Flood Operations Room on Nov 1 and has so far identified 874 flood hotspots.
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