KUALA TERENGGANU, Dec 16 — The second wave of floods has forced more people out of their homes overnight in six of the seven districts in Terengganu.
As of 9am today, a total of 1,673 people had been moved to 23 evacuation centres in the districts of Marang (646 evacuees), Kemaman (519), Setiu (416), Besut (16), Hulu Terengganu (54) and Kuala Terengganu (22), according to the Terengganu National Security Council (NSC) portal.
The number was 1,193 higher than the 480 who had been evacuated as of last night.
The portal said three relief centres had been opened in Marang, nine in Kemaman, seven in Setiu, two in Hulu Terengganu and one each in Kuala Terengganu and Besut. Only Dungun district has been spared the floods thus far.
These centres had been opened at mosques, community halls, civic centres, plantation officers' houses, schools and surau.
The weather in Kuala Terengganu was cloudy with intermittent rain.
In KELANTAN, 19 people from Kampung Tok Kundur, Bukit Awang, in Pasir Puteh were evacuated to a relief centre last night after floods struck their village following heavy rain over the past two days.
An officer of the Department of Civil Defence in Pasir Puteh, Ramlan Ros Wahid, said the villagers were moved to Sekolah Kebangsaan Wakaf Raja here at about 8pm.
"Floodwaters rose to 1.5 metres at their houses after Sungai Petai burst its banks," he told reporters.
The Kelantan official flood portal reported that the levels of all the major rivers in the state were still below the alert point, and that the state was experiencing a drizzle. — Bernama
