Kuala Krai floods: One year later

Sunday Star revisits one of the areas in Kelantan that was hit the hardest during the 2014 floods and finds people still traumatised and picking up the pieces of their lives – but also more prepared for disaster now.

THE heroes’ awards hang on the walls of the homes of Khairul and Zulkifli Zainal Abidin in appreciation of their tireless efforts to rescue villager after villager in their kampung in Manek Urai Lama, Kelantan, during the floods in December last year – but the brothers say the awards and fame are of no use.