KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Penang is the latest state to be affected by floods, with two relief centres (PPS) opened following heavy rain for more than two hours in several areas from...
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Penang is the latest state to be affected by floods, with two relief centres opened following heavy rain for more than two hours in several areas from 3.30pm yesterday.
“The situation was worsened by the high-tide phenomenon. Most of the houses were inundated for up to 0.6 metres, but the flood started to recede in several areas last night,” he said when contacted. In Kedah, Bandar Baharu district Civil Defence Force officer Abdul Rahim Khairuddin said the number of flash flood victims housed at SK Relau rose to 35 people from 11 families this morning, compared to 14 people from seven families last night.
In Sarawak, the State Disaster Management Committee informed that the number of evacuees in Serian increased to 193 this morning compared to 180 people last night. They were housed at two PPS in SK St Peter and Dewan Kampung Mundai.
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