Malaysia: Thousands of people evacuated due to flood
Emergency services in Malaysia deployed boats and trucks to east coast states on January 3 to help with evacuating thousands of villagers who were stranded after four days of heavy rains that caused flooding.
Hanoi (VNA)▨ - Emergency services in Malaysiadeployed boats and trucks to east coast states on January 3 to help withevacuating thousands of villagers who were stranded after four days of heavyrains that caused flooding.
On the last two days, more than 1,000 people inTerengganu state have been evacuated and the figure is estimated to increase. Che Adam Abdul Rahman, chief of the civil departmentforce in Terengganu said that 700 rescue officers have been mobilised to thestate for search and rescue activities. Boats and trucks were also deployed tosend villagers to relief centres. Meanwhile in neighbouring Kelantan state, at least 4,906people had to leave their homes. According to Kelantan state civil departmentforce chief Zainuddin Hussin, 1,300 personnel with 30 boats and 23 vehicles aregetting involved in rescue activities. He added that heavy rain made the water level at theGolok river pass the danger level. Some schools in the state were closed andmany rural roads were ruined.-VNA
Malaysia will spend half a billion ringgit (112 million USD) on various projects to mitigate flood consequences around the country, the national news agency Bernama quoted Natural Resources and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar as saying on January 1.
Malaysia will continue collaborating with Thailand to monitor the current flood situation at border areas, especially in Pasir Mas and Tumpat in Kelantan, as well as in Narathiwat of Thailand.
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Current floods in Malaysia. (Photo: AFP) 
