Baling district civil defence officer Rasidah Kassim said they were being placed at SMK Jerai, at Surau An-Nur in Taman Mesra Kupang and at SMK Agama Yayasan Khairiah.

Several villages in the area were hit by flash floods following continuous rain on Monday, causing Sungai Kupang to overflow. Seven houses were washed away and about 70 others were damaged.

Meanwhile, the home affairs ministry has mobilised all its agencies under Op Bantu Baling to coordinate assistance and rescue operations in the district.

Home affairs minister Hamzah Zainudin said the operation was led by Kedah police chief Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad and involved various agencies under the ministry, including the People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela), the immigration, prisons, national registration departments and the national anti-drug agency.