About 18,769 people across eight states have been evacuated due to flash floods, according to the latest figures from the Social Welfare Department’s Info Bencana portal.

Kelantan is the worst affected, with 9,729 people from 3,573 families taking shelter at 40 temporary relief centres.

“The Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Smart) has also been deployed to Kelantan, which is the...