TUMPAT, Dec 1 (Bernama) -- Police have confirmed that two elderly men drowned while monitoring their livestock in two villages in Machang today, bringing flood-related fatalities in Kelantan to five.
Kelantan police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat said that both victims had refused to evacuate to a temporary relief centre (PPS) despite their homes being flooded.
"The two victims, aged 72 and 78, were found drowned in Kampung Kuala Sat and Kampung Gelung Gajah after refusing to evacuate.
"I advise members of the public affected by the floods to comply with authorities' instructions to relocate to PPS," he told reporters at the Tumpat district police headquarters this afternoon.
-- BERNAMA
