Terengganu floods: Number of victims rises to over a thousand

By SHARANPAL SINGH RANDHAWA
  • Nation

  • Saturday, 21 Jan 2017

- Bernama pic

KUALA TERENGGANU: The number of flood evacuees here increased drastically from 54 victims to 1,303 on Saturday morning.

State Disaster Management secretariat chief and Civil Defence Force director Lt Kol Che Adam A Rahman said that Besut was the worst hit district, with 1,037 victims from 303 families.

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