Almost 9,000 evacuated as floods worsen

KOTA BARU: The flood situation in Kelantan worsened today afternoon with the number of evacuees increasing from 3,811 in the morning to 4,663.
According to the state government's portal, all victims were now housed at 63 relief centres opened in 10 districts — Jeli, Kota Baru, Kuala Krai, Machang, Pasir Mas, Tanah Merah, Kuala Krai, Gua Musang, Tumpat and Bachok.
Gua Musang, Tumpat and Bachok were the latest districts to be hit by floods.
In Kota Baru, 319 victims are housed in three relief centres at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Tiong, SK Sri Keterah and SK Mulong.
In Kuala Krai, 820 victims are housed at seven relief centres, among them SK Telekong, SMK Keroh, SK Sungai Embak and SM Teknik Kuala Krai.
In Pasir Puteh, 522 victims are at SK Wakaf Raja, SK Changgai and SMK Kamil, 39 victims at Sungai Mas Madrasah, SK Pangkal Meleret, SJKC Pei Hwa and SK Hamzah 1.
In Jeli, 696 victims are in six centres, at SMK Ayer Lanas, SK Jeli 1, SK Legeh, SK Kalai, SK Kuala Balah and Gemang mosque.
In Pasir Mas, 791 victims are housed in 11 relief centres, among them Chasi mosque, SK Tok Uban and SMK Kangkung while in Tanah Merah 1,291 victims are at 26 relief centres including SK Kulim, Kampung Renat Madrasah and Bendang Besar Madrasah.
In Bachok, 60 victims are at a relief centre at SK Pak Badol while in Gua Musang, 82 victims are at the Kesedar Lebir Land Development Scheme office and and in Tumpat, 43 victims are at SK Sebakat.
As of noon today, the water levels in six rivers were at the danger point.
Sungai Golok at Jenob, Tanah Merah recorded a reading of 23.65m (danger level — 23.50m) while in Rantau Panjang, the water level of the same river was at 10.82m, which was above the danger level of 9m.
The water level of Sungai Kelantan at Tambatan Diraja, Kota Baru, has reached 5.33m, at Tangga Krai, Kuala Krai (26.66m) and at Jambatan Guillemard, Tanah Merah (17.94m), all above the danger levels.
The water level in Sungai Lebir at Gua Musang was at 36.30m, above the danger level of 35m.
Meanwhile in TERENGGANU, the flood situation has also also worsened with the number of evacuees rising to 4,023 today afternoon from 1,834 in the morning.
According to the Terengganu National Security Council (MKN) portal, Hulu Terengganu recorded the highest number of evacuees with 1,540 as at noon compared to 209 in the morning.
Besides Hulu Terengganu, Besut, Dungun, Kemaman and Setiu too recorded an increase in the number of evacuees following continuous heavy rain and strong winds.
Kemaman district recorded the second highest number with 957 people followed by Besut (814), Dungun (478), Setiu (216) and Kuala Terengganu (18) involving 1,118 families.
At the same time, the number of relief centres has increased from 39 to 77. – Bernama