Terengganu floods

Kemaman is the worst-hit district with 2,584 people from 554 families housed in five PPS.

Floods in Terengganu have claimed its first victim, a two-year-old girl, in an incident in Kampung Apal.

A 15-year-old boy became the first casualty of the worsening floods in Terengganu, after he was found drowned near his house in Kampung Cheneh Baru in Kemaman at about 3 pm today.

A family of five in Kampung Lubuk Pait near Sekayu were forced to climb up to the ceiling of their house before clambering up to the roof to save themselves from rising floodwaters this morning.

Earlier, the school had accommodated 126 flood victims from 38 families.

He said two of the schools, Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Kompleks Gong Badak and SK Bukit Guntong in Kuala Nerus, were being used as relief centres for the flood victims.

The evacuees, from 1,147 families, are housed at 63 relief centres in seven districts, down from 2,414 families at 117 centres in the morning.

The flood situation in Terengganu is improving which will enable schooling session in 40 of the 63 schools that were closed today to run as usual.

Only three schools will remain closed tomorrow - two in Setiu and one in Hulu Terengganu - as flood conditions continue to improve in the state, says Terengganu state Education Department director Sha

Terengganu State Education Department Director, Shafruddin Ali Hussin said it involved 2,430 primary and 962 secondary schoolchildren.

SME Corp Terengganu has identified 43 entrepreneurs from Dungun and Kemaman who were badly hit by the floods.

Friday night's incessant rain forced 113 flood victims in Kampung Labohan, Kemasik Saturday morning to relocate to relief centres.

Damaged desks, chairs, computer systems, hostel facilities and drains ran into tens of millions of ringgit but Terengganu education committee hopes to fix everything before school starts.

Twenty 10-tonne lorries, 12 excavators and 5 small lorries are being used to collect bulk and domestic refuse at 20 housing estates.

Improved weather conditions saw a drop in the number of flood victims at flood relief centres in Pahang and Kelantan Monday morning but conditions remain unchanged in Terengganu.

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