KOTA TINGGI, Dec 21 — Some 3,000 to 5,000 officers and personnel of the Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM) nationwide are ready to be mobilised in anticipation of a possible second wave of floods following the northeast monsoon.

APM Training Management Division director Colonel (PA) Effendy Ali said operations would also be supported by Civil Defence Auxiliary (CDA) teams, whose membership currently totals around 5,000.