Traumatised Kuantan folks plan homestay getaways during monsoon

Traumatised by chest-deep waters in recent floods, residents around Kampung Sungai Belat, Pahang plan to relocate to homestays for the duration of the monsoon season, said Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh.

Those who cannot afford to do so will continue to live there in fear, she told a symposium on climate change organised by the opposition leader's office in Parliament yesterday.

“More than 30,000 families live here, so 100,000 people are...