Victims were advised to be evacuated to safer place
Floods hit the northern states of Perlis, Kedah and Kelantan on 1Nov. The floods, caused by heavy rainfall overnight forced more than 1,000 people to leave their homes in Perlis and Kedah. In Kelantan, people in several low-lying areas were advised to be prepared to evacuate. Several roads were also flooded, among them Jalan Kaki Bukit in Beseri and Jalan Titi Tinggi. 730 people from 195 families in 18 villages in Padang Terap District had been evacuated. A spokesman of the Padang Terap District flood operations room, Nurul Aziati Ahmad Salmi, some of the evacuees were putting up with relatives or had set up temporary shelter on high ground," she said, adding that more evacuations were possible as it was still raining.
Rescuers carried the elderly from boat to evacuation
Flood reached alert level
An officer of the Kelantan Drainage and Irrigation Department, Shaari Harun, said the level at Jenob at 11am was 23.80 metres about 0.3m above the danger level. The level of the river at Rantau Panjang was 8.75 metres, close to the danger level of nine metres. Sungai Golok can burst its banks at any moment, and the people must be prepared to face floods," he said.
Rescuers saves the victims by using boat
A victim is swollen by the strong flood
The flood in Kedah claimed its first victim after an elderly German woman was reported missing when flashflood hit her son's bungalow in Kampung Kota Giam, Malau. Erna Fischer, 64, was swept away by strong water current after the flood hit the village in the 8pm incident. Together with her son, Yusof Abdullah, 41, and his wife, Ashalehah Zain, 40, Fischer had earlier rushed out of the bungalow when they noticed the floodwater was fast inundating the double-storey building. The couple was swept away for about 300 metres before they managed to grab a tree each. They clung on to the tree for almost three hours before they were rescued by Tenaga Nasional Bhd workers and members of the civil defense corp. Ashalelah later told reporters she could only watch helplessly as the strong water currents swept her mother-in-law into the dark night. Fischer's body had yet to be found.
Ashalehah Zain is rescued from a tree she hold on
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