More evacuated as floods worsen in Terengganu and Kelantan


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The flood situation in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia has worsened, with the number of victims evacuated to temporary relief centres (PPS), at of 8am Sunday (Dec 20), rising to 7,308 evacuees compared to 6,627 Saturday (Dec 19) evening.

In TERENGGANU, the number of victims increased to 6,305 people from 1,663 families as of 8am compared to 5,776 people (1,478 families) at 4pm Saturday, which led to the opening of three more PPS, making it 49 PPS in total so far.

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