MB: Kelantan is prepared to face bigger floods


KOTA BARU: Kelantan will use its experience in handling the “land tsunami” which hit the state in 2014 to deal with the situation if the state were to face a similar flood situation like Selangor and Pahang, says Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob.

“The floods that occurred in Selangor and Pahang were unexpected... it reminds us of the major floods that occurred in Kelantan in 2014.

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