KUALA LUMPUR – The situation in flood-hit Selangor, Melaka and Perak areas is continuing to improve, with the number of evacuees and relief centres (PPS) dropping further today.
In Selangor, the National Disaster Control Centre portal said the number of PPS in Sepang dropped from six yesterday to three at 8.28am today, housing 55 flood victims from 15 families.
The three PPS are Sekolah Rendah Agama Kg Giching (34 victims), Sekolah Rendah Agama Kg Labu Lanjut (20 victims) and Balai MPKK Kg Giching (one victim).
In Melaka, the number of evacuees as at 8am dropped to 99 people from 29 families, compared with 305 victims from 83 families at 4pm yesterday.
Civil Defence Force Melaka director Lt Colonel Cuthbert John Martin Quadra said 38 victims from 10 families are still housed at a PPS at SK Tehel in Jasin.
“In Alor Gajah, 34 victims from 12 families were placed at the SK Durian Tunggal PPS, 19 victims from four families at the SJKC Sin Wah PPS and eight victims from three families at the SK Telok Berembang PPS,” he said in a statement today.
In Perak, 19 victims from six families remained at two PPS this morning, after their houses were flooded since Wednesday.
According to the state Disaster Management Committee secretariat, the evacuees, comprising nine men and 10 women from Kg Sg Temelok in Trong, Taiping, and Kg Sg Rentaka in Matang, were housed at the PPS at SK Temelok and SK Matang. – Bernama, October 24, 2021
