Floods in east coast worsen, factory operator is first casualty


Clean-up work: Nik Shellina Awang, 51, sweeping away muddy water and debris after her house was flooded during a heavy downpour in Kampung Pasir Raja in Dungun, Terengganu. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: The flood situation in three east coast states –Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang – worsened with 635 people from 131 families relocated to flood relief centres (PPS) as of 4pm compared with 200 victims in the morning yesterday.

The floods also claimed their first victim when the body of a factory operator was found at 2.22pm after he fell off his motorcycle while attempting to ride through floodwater on a road near a Chinese cemetery in Gambang, near Kuantan.

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