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Kelantan floods recede, but 7,000 still at relief centres in Pahang

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The bulk of the Pahang evacuees are in the Kuantan district, while 930 people are still at relief centres in Kemaman, Terengganu.

KUALA LUMPUR: Kelantan has fully recovered from floods and four relief centres have been closed, while the number of evacuees at relief centres has dropped in Pahang and Terengganu.

As of this evening, a total of 7,004 evacuees still remain at 64 centres in Pahang, most of them in Kuantan (6,225 people), followed by Pekan, Jerantut, Temerloh, Bera, Rompin and Maran. In Lipis, all evacuees have returned home as the floods have receded.

About 930 people still remain at three relief centres in Kemaman, Terengganu, but two relief centres in Dungun were closed after all evacuees returned home.

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