00:00The Selangor government has opened two temporary relief centres
00:04to accommodate some 311 flood victims affected by the flood.
00:08They are located at the SK Binjai School and Bukit Kapar Community Centre.
00:14Continuous rains in Meru and Kapar on Thursday night resulted in massive floods in the areas,
00:19with floodwaters overflowing drains and inundating homes on Friday.
00:24Several areas in Sepang were also not spared.
00:27The roads leading to Kota Warisan, Bandar Salak Tinggi and Kuala Lumpur International Airport
00:33were cut off by floodwaters in the morning.
00:36Selangor Exkodatuk Ang Swe Lim said,
00:38leave for more than 500 members of the fast-response teams of 12 local authorities
00:44had been frozen until January next year to face the rainy season.
00:48He said the northeast monsoon had hit the east coast states,
00:53and even though the flood situation in Selangor was not so bad,
00:57flash floods were happening in the state.
00:59In Melaka, 66 flood victims from Alor Gajah, Jasin and Melaka Tengah
01:05had been relocated to relief centres.
01:08Video of a motorcyclist who was stranded in Kampung Sungai Siput in Lubok, China,
01:14being rescued by firefighters, went viral on social media.
01:18The number of flood victims in Kedah also rose drastically to 5,619,
01:29with districts like Kubang Pasu, Padang Terap, Kota Setar and Pokok Sena all affected.
01:35The total number of evacuees nationwide jumped to 94,778 as of 4pm.
01:44Kelantan remained the worst-hit state with 63,761 flood victims,
01:50followed by Trengganu with 22,511 evacuees.
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