Floods in east coast states worsen, more than 9k people evacuated


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The flood situation on the east coast of the peninsula worsened with more than 9,000 residents, involving more than 3,000 families, being evacuated to relief centres as at 8am on Monday (Dec 21).

In Terengganu, the number of victims continued to increase to 7,780 people from 1,822 families, compared to 7,403 people from 1,786 families at 4pm the day before.

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