Number of flood victims in Kelantan rises to 155

KOTA BARU: The number of flood victims at the three evacuation centres here and in Pasir Puteh rose from 130 last night to 155 victims this morning.
According to the official state government portal, 96 victims were given shelter at Sekolah Kebangsaan Mulong and 34 were staying at Sekolah Kebangsaan Tiong in this district while in Pasir Puteh, 25 victims were evacuated to Sekolah Kebangsaan Wakaf Raja.
The water level in Sungai Golok in Rantau Panjang receded from 9.05 metres last night to 8.79 metres at 8am (the danger level is 9 metres). Other rivers have yet to reach the alert level and no major roads were closed. The weather in Kelantan this morning was bright with no rain.
Meanwhile in KUALA TERENGGANU, the National Security Council (MKN) Terengganu said the the flood situation in the state was improving with many victims who were evacuated to the flood relief centres being allowed to return home since yesterday.
As at 9am today, 2,741 victims were still staying at 15 relief centres in three districts that were still affected by the floods compared with 3,879 victims reported last night.
"A total of 1,138 evacuees were allowed to return home since yesterday evening," the report said.
It said Kuala Terengganu still had the largest number of evacuees compared with the other areas with a total of 2,350 victims from 591 families who were staying at 10 relief centres. This was followed by Marang district with 303 victims from 74 families staying at three relief centres, while in Setiu, there were 88 victims from 20 families. – Bernama