Flood situation improves in Johor, Sarawak but worsens in Sabah

Additional evacuees were relocated to Dewan Gereja St Seno Batu 58 this morning, leading to an increase in the total number of flood victims in Sabah. (Bernama pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: 

The flood situation in Johor and Sarawak continues to improve, although the number of evacuees in Sabah had risen slightly as of 8am today.

In Johor, the number of evacuees dropped to 3,893 from 1,154 families, compared to 4,597 from 1,481 families reported yesterday.

State disaster management committee (JPBN) chairman Azmi Rohani said the evacuees are at 24 temporary relief centres in the five affected districts. Johor Bahru remains the worst-hit, with 2,409 evacuees, followed by Pontian (552), Kluang (487), Batu Pahat (358), and Kota Tinggi (87).

In Sarawak, the JPBN secretariat reported that the number of evacuees had dropped to 451 after the closure of the Balai Raya Song relief centre in Kapit following improved flood conditions yesterday.

Twenty-six people remain at Asrama Belia Kapit, while 102 are at Dewan Suarah Kapit. In Sibu, 49 people are at Dewan Komuniti Sibu Jaya, 189 at Kompleks Sukan Kanowit, and 85 at Dewan Serbaguna Selangau.

In Sabah, the state JPBN secretariat said the number of flood evacuees had risen to 473 from 141 families, compared to 304 from 86 families yesterday.

A total of 168 people from 45 families have taken shelter at Dewan DSP DUN Banir, 167 people from 55 families at Dewan Gereja St Seno Batu 58, and 138 evacuees from 41 families at Dewan Selangon.

“Additional evacuees were relocated to Dewan Gereja St Seno Batu 58 this morning, leading to an increase in the total number of evacuees. So far, eight villages in Beaufort have been affected by the floods,” it said in a statement. - FMT