KOTA KINABALU: The Civil Defence Force (APM) is prepared for the floods after providing training to the communities in some 520 locations that have been identified as flood hotspots in Sabah.
Its deputy chief commissioner Dr Norhafifi Ismail said they have done similar preparations at the national level by concentrating on the hotspots during the northeast monsoon that was expected between the middle of October to March next year.
“We have given particular focus to the local communities by providing them training in order to respond to situations such as what to do when the water level rises, where are the safe locations, and to move in a calm manner to temporary shelters,” he said. Norhafifi added that among the flood hotspots the APM had identified in Sandakan were Kampung Gum-Gum, Kampung Jaya Bakti and Kampung Semawang.
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