Local media reported that an infant also drowned in that state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The fifth victim is a two-year-old girl who died on Sunday after she was swept away by the floods in the neighboring state of Terengganu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wan Azizah, the wife of Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri, visited the family who lost the three daughters, and said the flood victims would be eligible for compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe hope such an incident would not recur,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 31,000 people have had to flee their homes in Kelantan state<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Bernama said more than 31,000 people have had to flee their homes in Kelantan state and more than 39,000 have been taken to evacuation centers in Terengganu after floods hit the area since last weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dozens of people are killed and thousands displaced every year in Malaysia by landslides and floods caused by monsoon rains during the rainy season between November and March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At least 26 people were killed by a landslide that swept through a campsite some 40 kilometers from Kuala Lumpur on December 16, authorities said Wednesday after recovering two more bodies from the affected area overnight. EFE
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