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Five dead, thousands flee as floods hit Penang
Published Sun, Nov 5, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Kuala Lumpur
AT LEAST five people have been killed and almost 2,000 evacuated after a storm triggered serious flooding on Sunday in Malaysia's Penang, with the historic state capital under murky brown water.
The army was deployed to provide help after a torrential downpour lasting for 15 hours sparked the worst inundations in the northern state for years, AFP reported.
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