KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will visit Kelantan tomorrow to personally check on the flood situation currently affecting the state.
Anwar shared this information through a Facebook post following his meeting with the Prime Minister of Thailand, Srettha Thavisin, in Phuket yesterday.
“We also discussed the current flood situation, and Insya-Allah, I will go to Kelantan tomorrow to personally assess the increasingly worrying situation there. May Allah lift this disaster soon,” he said.
The Kelantan State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) secretariat today announced that the number of flood victims in the state has increased to 17,466 individuals from 5,510 families as of 8 am, compared to 15,994 victims from 4,967 families recorded last night.
All the victims in the eight flood-hit districts, namely Pasir Mas, Tanah Merah, Jeli, Gua Musang, Kuala Krai, Machang, Pasir Puteh, and Kota Bharu, are currently taking shelter in 89 temporary relief centres.
