Floods in Kelantan the worst in history, says state police chief

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The current flood situation has been described by the Kelantan police as the worst in history. As of 1pm on Nov 30, 87,182 flood victims have been relocated to 287 temporary evacuation centres.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/rCWFU  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Kelantan Police Chief Datuk Muhammad Yusof Mamat on Saturday described the flood situation

00:08in the state as the worst in history.

00:11He said this is just the first round of floods during the northeast monsoon season, but the

00:16number of flood victims had risen daily since Monday.

00:19He said as of 1pm, the number jumped to 87,182 people who had been relocated to 287 temporary

00:30relief centres.

00:32He said a one-year-old boy had drowned after falling into floodwaters in Kampung Cerang

00:37Melintang, Tumpat on Thursday night.

00:40He said the victim was with his mother on the upper floor of their two-storey house.

00:44The mother noticed that the boy was not sleeping and later found him in the floodwaters.

00:50He said the neighbours brought the boy to the Tumpat Hospital where he was pronounced

00:54dead.

00:55The police said the family had been instructed to evacuate but did not do so.

00:59They said some flood victims were reluctant to evacuate to relief centres where shelter

01:04and food had been arranged for them, and such behaviours were unbecoming.

01:10The flood in the country has claimed four lives, with three of them from Kelantan.

01:14More than 26,000 hectares of paddy fields under the supervision of the Kamubu Agricultural

01:20Development Authority and in non-granary areas are expected to be damaged after being submerged

01:27by floods over the week.

01:29The Kelantan Farmers Association said that most affected areas had been recently sown

01:34with seeds several weeks ago, while some were awaiting harvest.

01:38The flood situation worsened on Saturday, with the number of flood victims increasing

01:43to 138,979 people in nine states.

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