Floods hit Malaysia

Floods hit Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): More than 1,500 people have fled their homes in Malaysia to escape flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains, news reports said on Saturday.

A total of 1,515 people in six districts of Pahang state in the northeast of Peninsular Malaysia have been evacuated from their homes since heavy rains began on Sunday, the national Bernama news agency said.

In the neighboring states of Johor, Terengganu and Kelantan, floods have forced dozens of people to take shelter in community halls and schools, newspapers said.

There were no fresh reports of injuries from the flooding, caused by annual moonson rains. On Friday, a 14-year-old boy in Kelantan was missing and feared drowned while bathing in a river, Bernama said.