Sarawak geared up for floods as rainy season begins


All set: Mohammad Hamdan (centre) looking at an outline of the state department’s preparations for the monsoon season during his visit to the state Fire and Rescue Department’s headquarters in Tabuan Jaya. — ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star

KUCHING: The Fire and Rescue Department is ready to face the floods in Sarawak with some 1,300 personnel in 36 fire stations being put on standby to respond to any emergency.

Its director-general Datuk Seri Mohammad Hamdan Wahid said the Meteorological Department had forecast rainy weather from this month until March.

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