Nearly 41,000 people were sheltering in hundreds of relief centres all over the country. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PAGOH, Johor - Malaysian authorities have been facing difficulties in extending aid to victims affected by floods due to lack of road access.
“However, we have received assistance from the Fire and Rescue Department, the Civil Defence Force and the Malaysian Armed Forces to overcome this,” he said on Saturday. “The Welfare Department has made arrangements to increase the supply of the items with assistance from non-governmental organisations as well as state and district disaster management committees,” he said.nearly 41,000 people were sheltering in hundreds of relief centres all over the country,Almost all the major cities and towns in Johor were affected by rising waters – from Muar and Batu Pahat in the north-west to Mersing and Kota Tinggi in the east.
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