BALING – The temporary evacuation centre (PPS) at the Al-Huda Mosque hall in Kg Hangus here was closed at 7pm today after the last family sheltering there returned home.
Baling District Civil Defence Force officer Mohd Faizol Ab Aziz said, however, that the centre at Kg Padang Empang open hall was still operational.
“The last flood victims at the (evacuation centre) at the Al-Huda Mosque hall in Kg Hangus involved a family of 12, and all of them have gone back.
“The centre at Kg Padang Empang open hall, meanwhile, is currently housing 94 victims from 30 families. They include four babies, 21 senior citizens, 31 children and 38 adults,” he said in a statement today.
According to him, as of 8.30pm, the weather was fine in Baling district and the agency was still monitoring the location from time to time.
On Tuesday, about 130 people from 37 families were housed in evacuation centres after their homes were hit by flash floods following more than two hours of torrential rain.
Five houses in Taman Bayu Sejahtera, 11 in Kg Sg Batu, 17 in Kg Iboi, five in Kg Bendang Padang and eight in Kg Hangus were among those affected.
This incident was the third time that flash floods had hit Kg Iboi and other areas located in the Sg Kupang range, after floods claimed three lives, including that of a pregnant woman, on July 4.
Floods struck the area a second time on July 28, but no lives were lost then. – Bernama, September 8, 2022
