KUALA LUMPUR – The number of flood evacuees in Perak and Selangor has increased, while the number of people affected by flooding in Johor and Kelantan remains unchanged and in Melaka shows a drop, as of this morning.
In Perak, a total of 524 people from 153 families are still housed in eight temporary evacuation centres, which were opened in five districts as of 8am this morning.
The State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat said that the number saw an increase, compared with 447 people reported at 8pm last night.
In Manjung, a temporary flood relief centre at SMK Layang-Layang Kiri hall recorded an increase in the number of evacuees from 85 to 107 people, followed by relief centre in Shahriman Beruas involving 91 people and SMK Padang Serai housing 69 people.
“Manjung and Perak Tengah districts recorded an increase in the number of evacuees, while Larut Matang and Selama showed a drop with the closure of two flood relief centres at the Kg Jelapang and Kg Halt community hall yesterday,” it said.
In Selangor, the InfoBencana website of the Social Welfare Department showed that the number of evacuees increased this morning to 196 people from 55 families, compared with 184 victims (51 families) reported yesterday.
A total of five flood relief centres are currently operating, namely at SK Sg Sireh in Tg Karang, SMK Jeram and SJKC Yuk Chih Batang Berjuntai in Kuala Selangor and two flood relief centres which have just opened; Dewan Sri Nakhoda and Dewan Simpang 5 in Sabak Bernam.
In Johor, the number of evacuees in four districts, namely Kluang, Segamat, Pontian and Tangkak, remains unchanged at 345 people from 85 families as of 8am this morning.
The District Disaster Management Committee in a statement said that in Segamat, 39 people were accommodated at Kg Batu Badak hall, 14 people at Tasek community hall, 32 people at the Kg Ithnin Maarof hall in Kluang and 15 people at SK Melayu Raya, Pontian.
Meanwhile, two flood relief centres in Tangkak, namely SK Simpang 5 Darat and Sekolah Agama Simpang 5 Darat, are accommodating 137 and 108 people respectively, it said.
In Kelantan, the number of flood victims remains unchanged, at 2,036 people from 686 families, as of 9am this morning, and they are housed in eight flood relief centres in Pasir Mas district.
Meanwhile, in Melaka, the number of evacuees dropped to 53 people, involving 15 families, as of 8am today, compared to 59 people from 16 families last night.
The Melaka Disaster Management Committee Secretariat, in a statement, said that the evacuees were from Kg Bukit Tambun, Kg Bukit Balai, Kg Pulau, Kg Belimbing, Pengkalan, Kg Panchor and Taman Tamby Chik Karim.
In Penang, another flood relief centre was opened around 4pm yesterday, at the Desa Puri hall, to house 42 people after the area was once again flooded due to heavy rain in the afternoon.
State Environment and Welfare Committee chairman, Phee Boon Poh, said that most of the displaced residents were placed in the flood relief centre on Saturday and Sunday, following the heavy rain and floods that hit the area on Friday evening.
Previously, four flood relief centres were opened in Penang, accommodating more than 300 flood victims, after flooding due to heavy rain on Friday evening. – Bernama, November 16, 2022
