Relief centres are second home for Mek Yam

Temporary shelter: Mek Yam (second from right) with her grandchildren at the temporary evacuation relief centre at SK Tok Deh near Pasir Mas. — Bernama

PASIR MAS: For some evacuees here, having to leave their homes for flood relief centres is an annual affair.

“For the past 20 years, I have been facing floods and each time it hits I am ready to be evacuated to a relief centre in this district,” said Mek Yam Hamad, 80, an evacuee at SK Tok Deh relief centre in Rantau Panjang here.