Flood situation worsens in Johor, Sabah and Sarawak

 

Relief centres have been opened in Johor, Sabah, and Sarawak to accommodate the growing number of flood evacuees. (Bernama pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: 

The flood situation in Johor, Sabah, and Sarawak worsened today, with the number of evacuees seeking shelter at flood relief centres rising as of 8am.

In Johor, the number of evacuees surged to 10,763 from 3,018 families at 98 relief centres across five affected districts.

State disaster management committee (JPBN) chairman Azmi Rohani said that Johor Bahru recorded the highest number of evacuees at 4,291, followed by Kluang (2,163), Kota Tinggi (1,762), Pontian (1,395), and Kulai (1,152).

In Sabah, the state JPBN secretariat said that the number of victims displaced by floods rose to 1,248 from 396 families at 11 relief centres.

“A total of 14 villages were affected: five in Kota Marudu, two each in Sandakan, Beluran, Paitan, and Matunggong, and one in Pitas.

“An increase in evacuees was recorded only in Kota Marudu this morning, while the numbers in other districts remained unchanged,” it said in a statement.

In Sarawak, three new relief centres were opened to accommodate the rising number of evacuees, which now stands at 274.

According to Sarawak JPBN, the first relief centre at Balai Raya Song, which opened yesterday, is now sheltering 198 victims.

The three newly opened relief centres are Asrama Belia Kapit (31 evacuees), Dewan Kompleks Sukan Kanowit (38), and Dewan Komuniti Sibu Jaya (seven). - FMT