Six landslide hotspots identified as Penang gears up for Monsoon

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The Penang Fire and Rescue Department has intensified its preparations for the Northeast Monsoon season, identifying six landslide hotspots and placing 1,700 auxiliary and volunteer firefighters on standby.   Read more at  https://tinyurl.com/38wsvubx   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Penang Fire and Rescue Department has ramped up preparations for the northeast monsoon season,

00:07with heightened monitoring and additional community resources to tackle potential disasters.

00:13State Fire and Rescue Department Director Mohammad Shoki Hamza said six landslide hotspots have been identified

00:20across Seberang-Peraitenga, Baratdaya Southwest, and Timur-Laut Northeast districts.

00:26At a ceremony at the state headquarters in Batu Kawan on Thursday,

00:31the department carried out an asset inspection and handed over 10 community boats

00:36worth 120,000 ringgit to local community fire brigades.

00:41About 1,700 auxiliary and volunteer firefighters are now on standby throughout the monsoon season.

00:49Shoki said since early October the department has recorded 11 flood-related incidents,

00:54five landslides and 41 fallen tree cases,

00:58with numbers expected to rise by about 18 percent compared to last year.

01:03The ceremony was officiated by local government, rural and town planning committee chairman Heung Moi Lai,

01:10who said the state government has launched 14 major flood mitigation projects worth 1 billion ringgit

01:16to curb recurring floods in Penang.

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