Floods claim two lives, evacuee numbers soar in Kelantan, Terengganu

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As of 4pm on Wednesday (Nov 27), the flood situation in Kelantan and Terengganu continued to worsen, with a sharp increase in the number of evacuees. The floods in the country has also claimed two lives.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/6nwms  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Floods in Malaysia have claimed two lives as of Wednesday night.

00:07The situation in the east coast continued to worsen with more people being evacuated

00:12to temporary relief centres in Kelantan and Terengganu.

00:16Kedah and Perlis are the latest states to be affected by the floods, while the situation

00:22in Perak and Johor remained unchanged.

00:29In Kelantan, the number of flood victims rose to 12,526 from 3,110 who are taking shelter

00:37at 96 relief centres in places including Pasir Mas, Pasir Putih, Kuala Krai, Kota Baru, Tanah

00:45Merah.

00:46Pasir Mas recorded the highest number of evacuees with 3,232, followed by Pasir Putih and Kuala

00:54Krai.

00:55The casualty in Kelantan was caused by electrocution, while the 33-year-old male victim attempted

01:02to unplug a washing machine at his flooded home in Kampung Banir, Belikong.

01:08Authorities said five major rivers in the state had surpassed danger levels.

01:13In Terengganu, the number of flood victims also surged to 1,851, with 42 relief centres

01:20opened in Besut, Setiu, Dungun, Hulu-Terengganu and Marang.

01:26Besut is the worst-hit district with 1,102 evacuees.

01:32Water levels at 11 river monitoring stations exceeded the danger mark.

01:37The other casualty came from Sarawak when a senior citizen died after his car was swept

01:42into a river by strong currents during a flash flood in Kapit in the morning.

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