KUALA LUMPUR – The flood situation in the three affected states seem to be improving with more evacuees returning to their homes.
However, Johor and Sabah reported a slight increase in evacuees this morning.
In Negri Sembilan, the Social Welfare Department’s InfoBencana application stated that the number of flood victims dropped to 506 individuals, involving 124 families, at five relief centres (PPS) at 8am today from 589 individuals (148 families) last night.
In Melaka, the number dropped slightly to 466 people (126 families) at 8am today, from 468 victims (128 families) at 8pm yesterday.
Melaka Malaysian Civil Defence Force director Cuthbert John Martin Quadra said the victims were from 14 areas in Alor Gajah, Melaka Tengah (nine areas) and Jasin (14 areas).
Meanwhile, in Pahang, the State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat reported that 1,369 people are at 30 PPS in five districts this morning, from 1,491 people last night.
Temerloh district has the highest number of flood victims, totalling 510 people, who are from the last floods, while the victims in Bera, Maran, Pekan and Rompin are evacuees from the second wave of floods, which began this year.
According to the Drainage and Irrigation Department’s website, the water in Sg Bera and Sg Serting in Bera, as well as Sg Pahang in Kuala Sg Chini, Pekan, is still above the danger level.
In Johor, the number of flood victims increased slightly to 4,449 people at 8am today, from 4,253 people last night, and they are being accommodated at 66 PPS in the state.
State Health and Environment Committee chairman R. Vidyananthan said six districts are still affected by the floods with Segamat recording the highest number of victims, totalling 2,508 people, involving 685 families.
Meanwhile, four rivers still recorded measurements of above danger levels. They are Sg Muar at Liang Batu, Muar; Sg Muar in Kg Olak Sepam, Muar; and Sg Muar in Kg Awat, Segamat; and Sg Muar at Buloh Kasap, as at 6am today.
In Sabah, the number of flood victims increased slightly to 3,275 people (1,350 families) this morning, from 3,264 victims (1,341 families) last night.
The State Disaster Management Secretariat, in a statement, said all the flood victims are at 27 PPS in five districts.
Kota Marudu has the highest number of evacuees, with 2,668 people (1,161 families) at 14 PPS, followed by Pitas (330 evacuees from 129 families at four PPS), Telupid (178 victims from 43 families at six PPS), Paitan (54 victims from 10 families at two PPS), and Sandakan (45 victims from seven families at one PPS).
In Selangor, the Social Welfare Department InfoBencana reported that the number of flood victims remained at 40 people at two PPS in Kuala Langat, namely at Dewan Orang Ramai Kg Kelanang (25 victims) and Balai Raya Majlis Pengurusan Komuniti Kg (MPKK) Banting (15 victims).
According to the welfare department website, Sg Bernam at Rimba KDR, Sabak Bernam is at danger level (2.9m), while Sg Langat at Bukit Changgang, Kuala Langat (3.7m) and Sg Tengi at Pekan Tanjong Karang, Kuala Selangor (2.01m) are at alert levels as at 7.45am today. – Bernama, January 6, 2022
