Toddler is first casualty of floods


In safe hands: A villager helping Sharipah Ismail and her grandchild off a boat. Sharipah was making her way to a relief centre in Bukit Besi, Terengganu. — Bernama

KOTA BARU: A toddler has become the first casualty in the east coast floods which have taken a turn for the worse.

The girl slipped from her mother’s arms and fell into the swift floodwaters while being carried to a relief centre near here yesterday.

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