KUALA LUMPUR: Floods triggered by torrential rains in Malaysia claimed a second victim as waters started to subside, allowing thousands of evacuees to return home from relief centres, reports said yesterday.
Fifteen-year-old Mohd Hamidi Abdul Hamid drowned while playing in a flooded field in Terengganu — one of three northeastern states hit by heavy rain — on Wednesday, according to state news agency Bernama.
The previous day Samhanim Ramli, 36, died after slipping into a river as she tried to cast a fishing net, according to state media.
The floods had forced the evacuation of almost 20,000 people by Wednesday evening as fast-rising water reached the roofs of houses in some areas. More than four thousand had returned home by yesterday morning, Bernama said.
The torrential rain in the states of Terengganu, Pahang and Kelantan, forced the closure of number of major roads as rivers burst their banks.AFP
