Floods: More than 37,000 evacuees in six states, says Anwar

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Severe flooding is affecting six states namely Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, Perlis, Johor and Perak.  Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (Nov 28) that Kelantan is bearing the brunt of the disaster with a staggering 30,582 individuals from 9,223 families directly affected, making it the state with the highest number of flood victims.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/au7qy  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The flood situation in the country, especially in the east coast, continued to worsen on

00:07Thursday.

00:08The number of flood victims has risen drastically, with a staggering 30,582 people from 9,223

00:16families in Kelantan.

00:18The state recorded the highest number of flood victims, followed by Terengganu.

00:22Prime Minister Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim told the Dewan Rakyat that as of 9.32 am, the total

00:28number of flood victims went up to 37,189.

00:58Besut in Terengganu is the worst-hit district, with over 3,000 flood victims, while Hulu-Terengganu

01:20and Setiu all had more than 2,000 victims.

01:25Water levels at major rivers in Terengganu and Kelantan had exceeded the danger level.

01:31Authorities said many roads in the two states have been cut off by the floods, while Tenaga

01:36National is working round the clock to restore electricity supply in the affected areas.

01:43They said there were another three power substations in Kelantan, where electricity supply had

01:48been discontinued following the worsening floods.

01:52They said if the situation continues to deteriorate, electricity supply will remain shut down.

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