KUALA LUMPUR – The number of flood evacuees in Kelantan, Terengganu, and Sabah this evening saw a drop, with Perak numbers however remaining unchanged from the morning tally.
However, more residents in Sabah coastal areas, especially those living on stilt houses, evacuated due to the high tide by this evening.
In Kelantan, 12 relief centres were closed as at 4pm after 3,900 flood evacuees were allowed to return to their homes.
State Civil Defence Force disaster management and operations officer Mohd Hanif Omar said six relief centres were still opened in Pasir Mas and Tumpat, housing 1,511 people from 515 families, compared with 5,411 from 1,787 families this morning.
“Five relief centres in Pasir Mas are housing 1,174 people from 390 families, while 337 people from 125 families are still at a centre in Tumpat,” he said in a statement.
The situation in Terengganu continued to improve, with the number of evacuees in Besut having dropped to 138 from 1,438 this morning.
The State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat said the relief centre at Masjid Kg La housed 126 evacuees, while the one at the Kg Pantai community hall had 12.
In Perak, only one relief centre remained open this evening at SMK Abd Rahman Talib in Hilir Perak, with 62 people from 14 families from Kg Batu 7 and Kg Batu 7 1/2 Lorong Mesra, Changkat Jong.
In Sabah , the number of evacuees in Kota Belud dropped to 139 people from 57 families this evening, from 143 from 58 families this morning.
A total of 62 people from 26 families are at SK Pekan, while the remaining victims are at SJKC Chung Hwa.
The number of residents in coastal areas evacuated due to the high tide rose to 1,506 people from 314 families, from 1,483 people from 308 families this morning.
Of the total, 684 evacuees are at one centre in Sandakan, 54 at one centre in Kota Kinabalu, and the remaining 768 people are at six centres in Pitas. – Bernama, December 26, 2022
