KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood victims in five states climbed to 56,159 yesterday with Terengganu and Kelantan continuing to record an increase in the number of evacuees compared to Monday.
In Terengganu, the number of flood victims increased sharply to 37,792 people from 10,401 families, compared with 26,494 people from 7,369 families on Monday night, and all of them were housed in 310 flood relief centres in eight districts, according to the state disaster management committee secretariat, reported Bernama.
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