Wednesday, November 3, 2010 | By: EmerGence

Floods worsen; two dead; two feared drowned; over 36,000 evacuated

By K.M. LEW

Most retail shops seem to be running out of dry or canned foods such as salted fish, sardine, eggs and rice.
KUALA LUMPUR: The death toll has risen to two and more than 36,000 people have been driven to relief centres by this evening as the floods in Perlis, Kedah and Kelantan worsened, forcing the closure of roads, rail services, schools and government offices.
     Kedah is the worst hit of the three states, where the floods have claimed two lives, so far, and forced the evacuation of 25,088 people as at 5pm as well as washed out the plans of several Hindu families to celebrate Deepavali on Friday.
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