Floods hit Malaysia

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When floods hit Kelantan during the past week, many members of the rescue agencies and relevant authorities have been working around the clock to help the people in the state.

About 5,000 rescuers from the Fire and Rescue Services Departments, Civil Defence Department, police and soldiers from the army Eight Brigade camp have been tirelessly rescuing stranded residents, giving foodstuff and medicine and transporting people from flooded areas.

So far, about 7,000 flood victims are now being housed at 38 flood relief centres in the state.

In Penang, state Agriculture, Agro-based Industries, Rural Development and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Law Choo Kiang said the Penang Municipal Council and Seberang Prai Municipal Council had been directed to clear drains, especially those in flood-prone areas since September.

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Heavy rain coinciding with high tide flooded hundreds of homes in three northeastern states - Terengganu, Pahang and Kelantan.

Bernama said the flood situation was deteriorating as the number of evacuees continued to rise and some major roads in Pahang were closed as rivers burst their banks.

Muhammad Helmi Abdullah, the meteorological department's weather forecast director, warned that there could be more rain in Terengganu, Pahang and southern Johor state in the next few days.