I spent 10 days in the flooded Kelantan.
It was a very sad situation, but it was a very good assignment, as a journalist.
It has been 31 years of shooting, I have seen many disasters - in Afghanistan, Myanmar, Cambodia, USA, Thailand, Philippines. But this the most heart wrenching for me. Why? they speak my language, they speak my dialect, they have the same body language as I do.
A girl enters a used to be a room but it was damaged by floodwater in Manek Urai near Kuala Krai 31 December 2014. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
A family pull their belongings through a quiet highway to a safer place in a flooded town of Kota Bharu 26 December 2014. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
Villager Zailani Sapea, 52, sits outside her shophouse damaged by flood in Kampung Laloh near Kuala Krai January 1, 2015. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
Flood victim Hamsah Rahim, 9, is smudged with mud as he plays with his friends after flood receded in island of Kampung Teluk Renjuna near Tumpat January 3, 2015. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
Villager Alias Karim, 61, carries his belongings as he walks on a ground where his house stood before it was swept by flood, in Kampung Laloh near Kuala Krai January 1, 2015. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
A girl plays in the middle of sleeping dividers set up for flood victims at a relief centre in Kota Bharu 27 December 2014. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
A dog is covered with mud as it sits on a riverbank which was flooded a few days ago, in Kampung Tendong Sungai near Pasir Mas 30 December 2014. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
A message left by villagers thanking non-governmental organizations for helping them in the recent flood crisis, is seen on the road between Kuala Krai and Gua Musang, the worst hit areas, January 1, 2015. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
Blind man Mat Nusi Mahmud, 43, talks about his experience as he stands in front of his mother’s house damaged by flood in Kampung Laloh near Kuala Krai January 1, 2015. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
Flood victim Hawa Hassan, 79, clutches food donation she just collected from volunteers as she walks on the bank of Sungai Kelantan which was overflowed a few days ago and caused flood, in Kampung Tendong Sungai near Pasir Mas 30 December 2014. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
Flood victim Fazlina Khalid, 18, baby sits her eight-month-old nephew Arshad Ashraf, at a relief centre in Kota Bharu 27 December 2014. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
A cat named "pok cek" sits on a table to avoid mud after flood receded in Kampung Wakaf Sena Kota near Kota Bharu 29 December 2014. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
Elderly couple Mat Detar Mat Resat, 82, and wife Mek Jah Abu Bakar, 78, check food donation they just collected from volunteers outside their flood damaged house in Manek Urai near Kuala Krai 31 December 2014. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
Villager Abdullah Mamat, 59, sits on the steps of his house damaged by the recent flood in Manek Urai near Kuala Krai 31 December 2014. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
Villager Zakaria Taib, 59, inspects his brother’s coffee shop after it was damaged by flood in Kampung Laloh near Kuala Krai January 1, 2015. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
Villager Mazri Muhammad, 31, shows his family’s damaged coffee shop after a big flood in island of Kampung Teluk Renjuna near Tumpat January 3, 2015. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
Villager Siah Daud, 50, sits at the front door of her house after it was damaged by flood in island of Kampung Teluk Renjuna near Tumpat January 3, 2015. NSTP/Bazuki Muhammad
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