The
flood situation in Terengganu and Kelantan in northeastern Malaysia has
worsened overnight, with 3,457 people evacuated compared to 1,712 evacuees on
Wednesday.
Some 2,672 people were evacuated in Terengganu
and 785 in Kelantan on Thursday.
In Tererngganu, state Security Council
assistant secretary (information) Ahmad Redza Arshad said the Setiu and Besut
districts were the worst affected.
The number of evacuees in Setiu rose to 1,510
from 829 and in Besut to 940 from 365 while in Hulu Terengganu, it has gone up
to 211 from 105. In Marang, 11 people have moved out of their homes.
The Drainage and Irrigation Department
reported that rivers in many areas were swollen and the level of some have
exceeded the alert and warning points.
In Kelantan, 785 people were at relief centres
yesterday as compared to 416 on Wednesday.
A state flood operations spokesman said Kuala
Krai was the sixth district to be affected, with 35 people evacuated.
In the Kota Baru district, 306 people have
been moved while Machang had 101 evacuees, Pasir Mas (197), Pasir Puteh (21)
and Tanah Merah (125).
The spokesman said the level of the Golok and
Kelantan rivers was above the danger point, with water level rising.
Three people have drowned in the floods in
Kelantan so far, two brothers aged 14 and 16 in Bachok and a two-year-old boy.
A teenage girl was reported missing in Pasir
Mas.
In Pahang, state police chief Datuk
Sharifuddin Abd Ghani said two families were evacuated to the relief centre in
Cherating.
In Batu Pahat, a total of 23 victims involving
four families were evacuated in Ayer Hitam but nine had returned home after the
water subsided yesterday.
Among the 14 remaining in the relief centre
were farmer Ghazali Mat Rejab, his wife and five children, who came after their
house was flooded on October 23.
"It has been a month since we left our
house and we want to go home so badly. Some of our belongings have been
destroyed by monkeys," he said.
News Desk
The Star
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