Easy does it: APM members helping Abd Wahab Harun, 78, who is suffering from dementia, evacuate from his home in Kampung Titi Gajah, Alor Setar. — Bernama
ALOR SETAR: More than 4,000 people were evacuated after their houses were inundated with waters as high as 1.5m following torrential rain in Kedah since Wednesday.
State Civil Defence Force (APM) deputy director Major Muhammad Suhaimi Mohd Zain said at noon yesterday, the number of flood victims at the temporary relief centres (PPS) rose from 4,378 to 4,448 people from 1,402 families.
