Widespread flooding in Malaysia , 34 thousand people were displaced

Widespread flooding in Malaysia , 34 thousand people were displaced

Flooding is widespread in Kelantan and Melaka in Malaysia , making the number of refugees rose up to 34 thousand people over .

More than 34 thousand people have been evacuated and the water continues to rise in Johor , Pahang , Terengganu and Kelantan , the Straits Times reported on pages of Kuala Lumpur on Thursday ( 5/12 ) .

As of Wednesday afternoon ( 4/12 ) , Johor authorities have evacuated 8,402 people from the northern and eastern districts like Mersing , Batu Pahat , Muar , Kota Tinggi , Kluang and Segamat .

Local media in Kuala Lumpur also reported that the number of refugees in Terengganu recorded 4,929 people in three central storage .

A total of 538 residents were evacuated after the Kuantan River water Lebir and Kelantan River overflowed . And in Melaka , River Kesang abundant water entered houses and made ​​dozens of people were evacuated .

While in Pahang , the number of victims increased to 19,750 displaced people are sheltered in 98 shelters center .

Anlistrik supply in the region were forced to cut as many as 1,072 electrical substations were flooded.

Malaysian Meteorological Agency predicted heavy rain would still occur in the region of Kelantan , Pahang and Terengganu on Thursday . While the predicted light rain flushed the other regions .