Chinese guilds and associations continue to assist flood victims by delivering supplies to badly hit areas, Sin Chew Daily reported.
One of the these is the Federation of Hokkien Associations of Malaysia. It started to deliver the goods such as dry food, sugar, rice, drinking water and clothes to the victims on Monday.
Federation president Datuk Khoo Chai Kaa said it had, together with several Chinese guilds and associations as well as business organisations, raised RM130,000 (S$49,100) in two days.
He said the federation would contact MCA deputy president Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong to arrange for the relief aid to be delivered to the victims in Kelantan where road access had been cut off.
The daily also reported that the Federation of Foo Chow Associations of Malaysia had raised RM300,000 to assist flood victims.
Its president Datuk Seri Tan Chai Lai said a committee had been set up to coordinate the relief work.
Tan said that supplies such as food and drinking water had been sent to the affected areas since Monday.
"I hope more people will come to assist the victims," he added.
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S'pore NGO Relief.sg has made an urgent call for volunteers to head up north to participate in Kelantanese efforts to help schools receive their students in restored premises come Jan 11.
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The start of the new school term - which had been postponed a week by the authorities because of the flood situation - is fast approaching, yet many affected schools remain deluged by mud and debris.
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RSG is organising the school-cleaning mission under its From Singapore With Love initiative, partnering with Malaysian NGO Centre for Better Living's #OpsHarapan project.
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The mission dates are Jan 8 to 12.
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Planning for subsequent missions is in the pipeline.
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The second wave of floods ravaging the country has worsened, sending 58,705 people in six states to evacuation centres as Wednesday morning.
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A headcount showed that Kelantan had the most number of evacuees, at 24,765.
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This was followed by Terengganu (21,606), Pahang (10,825), Perak (1,030), Sabah (336) and Perlis (143).
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In Kelantan, the number of evacuees rose by 3,164 overnight from 21,601, forcing the opening of 18 more relief centres to take the total to 114 Wednesday.
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The floods in the state have affected nine of the 10 districts, namely Gua Musang, Jeli, Kuala Krai, Machang, Pasir Mas, Pasir Puteh, Tanah Merah, Tumpat and Kota Baru.
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Twenty-three roads in eight districts remain closed to traffic. Seventeen of these roads are closed to all vehicles and six, to light vehicles.
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The floods in Kelantan have claimed four lives since Dec 16.
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In Teregganu, 8,977 more people were evacuated overnight, raising to 21,606 the number of victims in the state.
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Kemaman is the worst-affected district in Terengganu, with 12,699 evacuees.
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Menteri Besar of Perak Datuk Seri Dr. Zambry Abd Kadir (fourth from right) reviewing the situation in Kampung Labit.
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The high-tide phenomenon has been blamed for the big number of evacuations, particularly along the coastal areas.
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Authorities said the floods in Kelantan are the worst of the past decade after rain fell continuously for more than 12 hours Saturday, Dec 20.
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The floods which have ravaged the east coast and displaced tens of thousands of people are set to worsen.
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The department has for now issued a yellow stage alert for rainfall over Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Johor.
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The yellow stage advisory is the lowest of the three-tier warnings.
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Rises in sea levels are also expected at coastal areas of Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and east Johor.
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