KUALA LUMPUR – The number of flood victims in three states – Johor, Pahang and Melaka – has dropped from 45,302 in the afternoon to 43,198 as of 8pm tonight.
In Johor, the number of flood victims dropped from 44,779 as of 2pm today to 42,770 as of 8pm tonight.
The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said 12,159 families were staying at 154 temporary flood relief centres that remained in operation in four districts.
“Batu Pahat remained the worst affected, recording 39,800 victims from 11,182 families – followed by Muar with 1,532 victims from (457 families), Tangkak with 1,037 victims (412 families), and Segamat has 401 victims (108 families),” it said in the statement.
Meanwhile, water level at six rivers remained at the danger level, especially Sg Batu Pahat at Empangan Bekok (Batu Pahat) where the level recorded was 19.63m, Sg Muar in Bukit Kepong (Muar) registered at 4.14m and Sg Senggarang, Senggarang (Batu Pahat) at 3.57m.
In Pahang, the SDMC secretariat reported that the number of victims in Rompin did not change much at 169 remained at two relief centres as of 8pm compared to 170 this afternoon.
In Melaka, the number of victims who remained in Jasin dropped to 259 from 61 families as at 8pm tonight compared to 353 from 90 families recorded at about 2pm in five relief centres.
The SDMC secretariat reported that SK Seri Mendapat housed 13 victims, SK Parit Penghulu (104), SK Parit Gantong (19), SK Batu Gajah (112) and SK Sg Rambai (11). – Bernama, March 11, 2023
