death toll floods The aerial view of Hulu Langat, Selangor during the flood following the continuous heavy downpour. PIX: AFFAN FAUZI / MalaysiaGazette / 21 DECEMBER 2021 Pemandangan udara kawasan yang dilanda banjir akibat hujan berterusan ketika tinjauan lensa Malaysia Gazette di Hulu Langat, Selangor. Foto AFFAN FAUZI, 21 DISEMBER 2021. locations
The aerial view of Hulu Langat, Selangor during the flood following the continuous heavy downpour. PIX: AFFAN FAUZI / MalaysiaGazette / 21 DECEMBER 2021 Pemandangan udara kawasan yang dilanda banjir akibat hujan berterusan ketika tinjauan lensa Malaysia Gazette di Hulu Langat, Selangor. Foto AFFAN FAUZI, 21 DISEMBER 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR  The death toll due to the floods in the country is at 48 people thus far, while five people are still missing, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani.

He said Selangor remained the state with the highest number of deaths, with 25 victims, followed by Pahang (20) and Kelantan (three).

“The victims in Selangor involved 17 men and eight women and in Pahang the victims were 14 men, four women and two boys,” he said in a statement today.

In Kelantan, the victims were two men and a girl. -BERNAMA

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