KUALA TERENGGANU: All eight district offices in Terengganu have been instructed to engage in flood simulation exercises involving community leaders with immediate effect to prepare for the coming monsoon. "We have a template on how everyone should respond to a flood situation; the last flood was 12 months ago. "Never take things easy and treat disaster management as a routine. The State Disaster Management Committee had its first meeting last week, attended by the Civil Defence Department, district offices, Fire and Rescue Department and several other relevant agencies. Last year, the state government identified 494 evacuation centres, which were able to house 133,729 flood victims.

Source: New Strait Times September 20, 2017 04:41 UTC