It said 29 people from seven families were evacuated from Kampung Tiong here to a relief centre at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Tiong last night.

Twenty-six evacuees were being housed at SK Wakaf Raja in Pasir Puteh and 19 at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Jelawat and SMK Beris Panchor in Bachok respectively.

The portal said the level of the Kelantan River in some areas had dropped to normal this morning.

However in Perak, the number of flood evacuees rose to 88 this morning from 74 last night, a spokesman of the Perak Disaster Management Secretariat said.

He said 38 people from nine families were moved out of their homes in Kampung Pengkalan Ara near Sungai Manik to Sekolah Kebangsaan Pengkalan Ara.

Fifty people from 13 families in Kampung Padang Serai were evacuated to Sekolah Rendah Agama Rakyat in Kampung Padang Serai, he added.

The spokesman said floodwaters in Kampung Padang Serai had risen to between 0.5 metres and 1.4 metres this morning and in Kampung Pengkalan Ara, up to one metre. The sky was also overcast, he added.

“The floods were caused by incessant heavy rain, and floodwaters were stagnant,” he said, adding that drainage had to be improved.