KUALA LUMPUR – A total of 33,193 flood victims were still seeking shelter at relief centres in five states last night.
According to the Social Welfare Department InfoBencana app, the evacuees are at 206 relief centres in Selangor, Pahang, Negri Sembilan, Kelantan, and Melaka.
In Selangor, 15,354 individuals were housed at 81 relief centres last night compared to 15,404 at 83 relief centres in the evening.
The state Fire and Rescue Department said as of 5pm yesterday, it conducted 67 cleaning operations, 17 sanitisation operations, and 331 monitoring activities.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions) Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad, along with a number of volunteers, also helped to clean up flood victims’ houses in Kg Labohan Dagang, Banting.
Latiff thanked the various non-governmental organisations that had contributed their energy and equipment for post-flood recovery activities.
In Pahang, a total of 17,211 evacuees are currently placed at 119 relief centres in six districts – Bentong, Temerloh, Bera, Maran, Kuantan, and Pekan.
Moreover in Negri Sembilan, some 132 individuals from 38 families were at three relief centres in Jelebu, according to state Civil Defence Force (APM) director Lt-Col Mohd Syukri Madnor.
In Kelantan, a total of 470 individuals from 153 families were still taking shelter at the SK Tok Deh and SK Gual Periok relief centres in Pasir Mas as at 9pm yesterday.
Meanwhile, the Irrigation and Drainage Department InfoBanjir portal reported that only Sg Golok and Sg Kelantan in Rantau Panjang, Pasir Mas, are at the alert level.
In Melaka, state APM director Lt-Col Cuthbert John Martin Quadra said 26 individuals from eight families were still at the SK Penghulu Benteng relief centre. – Bernama, December 27, 2021
