Floods: RM1,000 initial aid for each affected family in Baling

Mohammad Anuar (centre, blue vest) with the rescue team retrieving the body of flood victim Mohd Khairul Ikhwan. The PM's political secretary said initial aid has been channelled to about 100 Baling families affected by the flash floods. – Bernamapic

BALING: The Federal Government is channelling initial assistance of RM1,000 to each family affected by Monday's (July 4) flash floods here, while RM10,000 will be given to families that lost loved ones in the incident.

Political secretary to the Prime Minister Datuk Mohammad Anuar Mohd Yunus said that so far, the initial aid had been channelled to more than 100 families housed at several temporary relief centres here.