More Kelantanese go home but flood victims in Sabah rise

As waters subside, power restored to more places and highway reopens.

KUALA LUMPUR: More people are returning home in flooded peninsular states, but in Sabah rising waters have forced more to evacuate.

Power was restored to more than 80 per cent of electricity consumers in Kelantan, and the East Coast Highway from Karak to Jabor was reopened to all vehicles this morning.

There were less than 75,000 evacuees in Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Johor this morning but the number in Sabah rose to 910 people this morning from 615 people last night.

Most of them were in Kota Belud (810) followed by Kota Marudu (82) and Pitas (18).

As people returned home in Kelantan, power had been restored to more than 80 per cent of consumers in the state, a spokesman for Tenaga Nasional Berhad said.

KELANTAN: the sky was overcast with intermittent rain, but the number of evacuees dropped to 24,020 people as compared to 26,029 people last night.

They were in Tanah Merah (14,184), Kuala Krai (3,636), Gua Musang (3,006), Machang (2,555), Kota Baru (515) and Tumpat (124).

PAHANG: the number of evacuees fell to 42,938 people as compared to 43,624 people last night, in Temerloh (20,962), Pekan (11,063), Jerantut (3,792), Bera (3,479), Maran (2,168), Kuantan (1,074) and Lipis (400).

TERENGGANU: 143 people in Dungun.

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