YAN: The fifth victim of the water surge incident in Gunung Jerai was found near Titi Hayun, here, at 3.23pm today.
Search and rescue teams recovered the body of the victim, identified as Ku Shuib Ku Abdullah, 91, under piles of logs near Chalet Putri Ayu, 1.5km from where he was reported missing during the incident on Wednesday evening.
Kedah Fire and Rescue Department director Sayani Saidon said the teams took five minutes to extricate the body from under the debris.
“The body was handed over to the police and taken to the Yan Hospital,” he told reporters.
He said Ku Shuib, who was an imam, was reportedly last seen in the recreation area at Chalet Salak Denai in Batu Hampar.
He added that search efforts would now concentrate on locating another missing victim in the area where the bodies of the second and third victims were recovered near Titi Hayun.
On Wednesday, several villages around Gunung Jerai here were hit by floods, believed to have been caused by water surge following heavy rains. - FMT
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