KUALA LUMPUR – The number of flood victims in Pahang and Perak reduced, while Johor and Kelantan saw a slight increase, as two relief centres reopened in Terengganu as of last night.
In Pahang, the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) secretariat reported that the flood in Temerloh had fully receded after the 158 victims placed at SMK Seri Semantan were allowed to go home yesterday afternoon.
However, 142 people still remain in SK Sinar Mutiara, Pekan, and nine in SK Kerayong, Bera.
In Perak, the number of flood victims continued to decrease to 104 people from 25 families as of 8pm, compared with 114 people from 29 families yesterday evening, with all victims placed in three relief centres, namely SMK Abd Rahman Talib in the Hilir Perak district, Dewan SK Slim River in Mualim, and the Kg Tersusun Teluk Memali community hall in Perak Tengah.
Meanwhile, in Johor, the number of flood victims in Segamat and Kota Tinggi increased to 159 people as of 8pm, compared to 148 in the evening, with the opening of another relief centre in Segamat, namely the Kg Tasek community hall, housing 10 victims from Kg Seberang Batu Badak.
According to the Johor SDMC secretariat, 61 people are still housed at the Kg Batu Badak and Kg Kuala Paya community halls, while in Kota Tinggi, a total of 88 people from 27 families have been evacuated to the Kg Baru Sg Mas hall and Dewan Muafakat Bandar Penawar.
“They comprise seven families from Kg Baru Sg Mas while 20 families are from Taman Desaru Utama, Bandar Penawar, Kota Tinggi,” it said in a statement.
In Kelantan, the number of victims also increased slightly to 2,019 people from 637 families in Pasir Mas placed in seven relief centres, compared with 2,014 people from 634 families in the evening.
The Kelantan SDMC secretariat said that a total of 712 victims took shelter at SK Tok Deh, 47 at SK Kedai Tanjong, 544 at SK Gual Periok, 69 at Masjid Mukim Padang Licin Mosque, 157 at the Putat Tujoh relief centre, 256 in SK Kubang Kual, and 234 in SK Sri Kiambang.
In Terengganu, just after five hours of all the relief centres in the state being closed, floods hit the Hulu Terengganu district, with a total of 61 people from 13 families evacuated.
The state’s SDMC secretariat in a statement said that two relief centres had been opened since the district was hit by floods yesterday afternoon, namely the Kg Kemat community hall which housed 35 victims from 10 families and the Kg Tapah community hall with 26 victims from three families.
Based on data from Public InfoBanjir, two rivers in Hulu Terengganu, namely Sg Berang in Kg Menerong and Sg Telemong in Kuala Ping, are now above the danger level. – The Vibes, December 15, 2022
