KUALA LUMPUR – While more people are being evacuated in Sabah, in Sarawak, there has been no change in the number of flood victims since last night, and in Pahang, more evacuees have returned home.
In Sabah, the number of flood victims increased to 895 people from 258 families as of 8am today, compared with 836 people from 237 families last night.
The Sabah Disaster Management Committee Secretariat, in a statement today, said all the victims were housed at 16 relief centres (PPS) in nine districts.
The districts are Kota Belud, with 264 evacuees at four PPS, Beaufort (142 evacuees); Tuaran (106); Kota Kinabalu (101); Tenom (75); Penampang (69); Putatan (49); Paitan (48); and, Papar (41).
According to the statement, a PPS opened in Tuaran at the Kg Bunga Tenghilan mosque was closed yesterday afternoon after the situation was restored and all evacuees were allowed to return home.
Overall, the floods affected 230 villages. Rain still fell this morning in Kota Belud and Beaufort, with bad weather alerts issued for some districts in Sabah.
In Sarawak, the PPS in Serian district was still operating as at 8am today, housing 325 flood victims.
The victims are at the SK Tanah Puteh PPS, the only centre still opened as the state recovers from the floods.
Six districts in Sarawak were hit by floods last Wednesday due to heavy rain and the high-tide phenomena that occurred simultaneously, before the situation began easing on Friday.
In Pahang, the Welfare Department’s Info Bencana reported that only three districts are still affected by the floods, with the number of victims at relief centres declining.
Kuantan recorded the highest number of victims this morning with 380 people at two PPS, followed by Pekan (298 people, four PPS) and Maran (22 people, two PPS).
The portal reported that the water level at all Pahang rivers is normal, except for Sg Jelai in Lipis, which exceeds the danger level, and Sg Pahang in Serambi, Pekan, which is at the warning level. – Bernama, January 19, 2021
