KOTA BHARU, 27 Nov 2017:
The number of flood victims in Kelantan as at 8am today is 449 – comprising 129 families, an increase from 317 comprising 89 families last night.
Continuous rain since Saturday caused several low-lying areas to be inundated.
According to the Social Welfare Department’s flood information application, 77 people from 15 families were currently staying at the evacuation centre at Islamic Outreach Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM), Kok Lanas, while 21 others from six families, at Dewan Orang Ramai Pasar Melor.
In Pasir Mas, 50 people from 15 families are staying at Madrasah Haji Daud, while in Tanah Merah, 39 people from nine families are staying at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kelewek, Bukit Panau, and 20 others comprising eight families, at Madrasah Padang Kijang.
In Pasir Puteh, 52 people from 21 families are sheltered at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kamil 1; 147 from 46 families, at SK Changgai; and 24 people from five families, at SK Wakaf Raja.
In Machang, a family of four are staying at Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SRJKC) Pei Hwa; five people from two families, at Madrasah Sungai Mas; and one individual, at SK Pangkal Meleret.
According to the Drainage and Irrigation Department’s portal infobanjir.water.gov.my, the water level reading for Sungai Galas in Dabong as at 7am today was 33.46m (alert level: 32m), Sungai Lebir in Tualang, at 27.06m (alert level: 27m) and Sungai Kelantan in Kuala Krai at 20.03m (alert level: 20m).
Meanwhile, the water level in Sungai Golok at Rantau Panjang, Pasir Mas stood at 8.94m (dangerous level: 8m), compared to 8.13m at 9pm yesterday.
Earlier, a six-year-old boy is feared to have drowned when he slipped and fell into a rain-swollen river in Kampung Peria Baru yesterday.
Kelantan Fire and Rescue Department director Nazili Mahmood said the victim Ahmad Fawas Atikullah was playing with 10-year-old Rizal Haikal Ridzuan, 10, on the bridge across the river when he was believed to have slipped and fell at about 3.45pm.
He said Rizal then ran home to inform his family. “We have yet to find the victim, but due to the weather condition, the search and rescue operation has been temporary shelved and will continue tomorrow morning.”
Meanwhile in BATU KURAU, a man with disability was found drowned in Sungai Jelai. Acting Taiping district police chief Supt Razlam Ab Hamid said Mohd Shafiq Mat Nor, 28, was said to have gone fishing at the river at about 5.50pm.
– Bernama