14,000 flee Malaysia floods, Paya Peda dam wall broken
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Children play in a flooded street in downtown Kota Bharu, Kelantan, on Dec 25, 2012. The downtown was hit by flash floods after heavy rain. -- PHOTO: AP
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Villagers of Kampung Langkap crossing the flood water while heading to the evacuation centre at SK Alur Lek Kg Kasar in Setiu. Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres, the official Bernama news agency said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: THE STAR PUBLICATION
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This picture taken on Dec 24, 2012, shows flood victims pushing their car through the flooded streets in Malaysia in the north-eastern town of Kuantan. Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres, the official Bernama news agency said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: AFP
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This picture taken on Dec 24, 2012, shows a bird's eye view of flooded streets of the north-eastern town of Kuantan. Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres, the official Bernama news agency said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A firefighter rescues a baby from a flooded village in Tumpat, 500km north-east of Kuala Lumpur on Dec 26, 2012. Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres, the official Bernama news agency said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A villager ties his boat by his flooded house in Tumpat, 500km north-east of Kuala Lumpur on Dec 26, 2012. Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres, the official Bernama news agency said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Children play in a flooded street in downtown Kota Bharu, Kelantan, on Dec 25, 2012. The downtown was hit by flash floods after heavy rain. -- PHOTO: AP
Villagers of Kampung Langkap crossing the flood water while heading to the evacuation centre at SK Alur Lek Kg Kasar in Setiu. Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres, the official Bernama news agency said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: THE STAR PUBLICATION
This picture taken on Dec 24, 2012, shows flood victims pushing their car through the flooded streets in Malaysia in the north-eastern town of Kuantan. Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres, the official Bernama news agency said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: AFP
This picture taken on Dec 24, 2012, shows a bird's eye view of flooded streets of the north-eastern town of Kuantan. Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres, the official Bernama news agency said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: AFP
A firefighter rescues a baby from a flooded village in Tumpat, 500km north-east of Kuala Lumpur on Dec 26, 2012. Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres, the official Bernama news agency said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A villager ties his boat by his flooded house in Tumpat, 500km north-east of Kuala Lumpur on Dec 26, 2012. Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres, the official Bernama news agency said on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres, the official Bernama news agency said on Wednesday.
Rain showers which coincided with high tide flooded hundreds of homes in three northeastern states - Terengganu, Pahang and Kelantan - with some 13,746 people being housed at evacuation centres, it said amid forecasts of more rain.
Bernama said the flood situation was deteriorating as the number of evacuees continued to rise and some major roads in Pahang were closed as rivers burst their banks.
Mr Muhammad Helmi Abdullah, the meteorological department's weather forecast director, warned that there could be more rain in Terengganu, Pahang and southern Johor state in the next few days.
