Floods in central and northern Malaysia have forced the evacuation of nearly 3,000 people, with dozens of relief centres set up to shelter those displaced, state media said Sunday. Two landslides have also occurred in the Cameron Highlands, a popular tourist destination and tea-growing area, a spokesman for the Pahang police flood operations room said. The state Bernama news agency quoted the spokesman as saying that roads closed by the landslide had now been cleared of debris and reopened to traffic. With Malaysia's rainy season in full swing, some 2,514 people have been evacuated in Pahang, and 26 relief centres set up, the spokesman added. In Terengganu, some 471 people have been evacuated and three relief centres set up after several villages were inundated, Bernama reported. (Source: Malaysiakini) In the meantime, The Associated Press reported 4 hours ago, 'Series of powerful quakes kills 4 in Indonesia.' One of the quakes — a 7.3-magnitude tremor — was felt as far away as Australia and sent small tsunamis into Japan's southeastern coast, but there were no reports of damage there and no tsunami in Indonesia's impoverished Papua area. Thank God that we are safe where we are. Let us remember the victims in our prayers. 8-|
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