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PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) has identified 272 flood hotspots nationwide, according to its director-general Datuk Seri Mohammad Hamdan Wahid.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 30 — The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) has identified  272 flood hotspots nationwide, according to its director-general Datuk Seri Mohammad Hamdan Wahid. He said the locations involved rivers, beaches, waterfalls and ditches that have high flood potential....

SHAH ALAM: Several areas in Kelantan and Terengganu are at risk of being inundated at the end of the year, according to a flood prediction model from the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID).

PETALING JAYA: A senior fire official was so caught up with rescue work that he could not return to his own house when it was flooded.

SHAH ALAM: The Fire and Rescue Department is ready for the possibility of a second wave of floods, says Datuk Seri Mohammad Hamdan Wahid.

SHAH ALAM: Authorities such as the Fire and Rescue Department did not expect Selangor to be hit by such severe floods last Saturday (Dec 18) as other government departments had identified six others as “critical states”.

KLANG: The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department has advised the public to postpone their journey around the Klang Valley following cases of many people finding themselves trapped in their cars for a long time on the roads due to the flash floods.

BUKIT MERTAJAM: A total of 1,696 Fire and Rescue Department officers and personnel throughout the country were infected by Covid-19 since the pandemic hit the country in March last year, with two recorded deaths.

KUANTAN (Bernama): The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) has given priority to officers and personnel serving in flood-prone states to receive the Covid-19 vaccine booster dose.

KOTA TINGGI: As part of the Fire and Rescue Department’s preparations for the Northeast Monsoon, firemen will patrol water bodies that have been deemed “flood hotspots” nationwide.