Number of flood evacuees rises in Johor, Malacca

 

There was an increase in the number of flood victims in Johor and Malacca this morning, while the situation in Terengganu, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor and Sabah has not changed much compared to yesterday.

The Irrigation and Drainage Department, in a statement today, said nine rivers in the flood-affected states recorded dangerous water levels as of 7am involving three rivers in Pahang, Johor (three), Negeri Sembilan (one) and Malacca (two).

In Johor, the number of flood victims in the seven affected districts has increased to 5,479 people this morning, compared with 4,737 people yesterday.

Segamat recorded the highest number of flood victims with 4,016 orang, followed by Mersing (548), Tangkak (434), Kota Tinggi (210), Batu Pahat (107), Kluang (106) and Muar (58).

State Health and Environment Committee chairperson R Vidyananthan in a statement said five new relief centres were opened late last night and early this morning in Mersing, Batu Pahat, Muar and Tangkak, bringing the total number of relief centres in the state to 78.

In Malacca, the number of evacuees rose 2,674 people at 8am today, from 2,591 people yesterday.

A total of 994 evacuees are being placed at nine relief centres in Alor Gajah, 1,425 people at nine relief centres in Melaka Tengah and 255 at four relief centres in Jasin.

State Civil Defence Force director Cuthbert John Martin Quadra said they were from 14 areas in Alor Gajah, nine areas in Melaka Tengah and 11 areas in Jasin.

In Terengganu, the State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat said that the number of flood victims increased slightly this morning to 19 people compared to 10 people yesterday after one relief centre was opened at Sekolah Kebangsaan Lembah Jabor, Kemaman last night.

In Pahang, the State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat reported that there were 2,564 evacuees at 46 relief centres in nine districts this morning, namely Kuantan, Rompin, Raub, Jerantut, Lipis, Bera, Maran, Temerloh and Pekan.

It said 17 roads in seven districts have been closed, including Jalan Bohor Baru and Jalan Kemayan-Tembangau in Bera; Jalan Kampung Wau/Kertau, Jalan Serengkam (Maran); Jalan Kampung Aur, Jalan Kampung Lubuk Batu (Rompin); Jalan Mentiga Terapai, Jalan Pelak-Belimbing (Pekan); Jalan Pulau Tawar-Durian Hijau, Jalan Batu Embun-Tebing Tinggi (Jerantut) and Jalan Air Hitam (Kuantan).

In Negeri Sembilan, updates on the Welfare Department's InfoBencana application showed that that the number of flood victims at 21 relief centres in the state has dropped to 1,795 individuals from 498 families compared with 1,967 from 540 families last night.

In Selangor, the number of evacuees remained the same at 40 people, 25 of them being housed at Dewan Orang Ramai Kampung Kelanang and 15 people at Balai Raya Majlis Pengurusan Komuniti Kampung Banting in Kuala Langat district.

In Sabah, the number of flood victims at 30 relief centres in the state dropped slightly to 3,310 people this morning compared to 3,329 people last night.

The State Disaster Management Secretariat said Kota Marudu has the highest number of evacuees, with 2,653, followed by Pitas (296), Telupid (172) , Sandakan (46) Beluran (41 mangsa) and Paitan (102).

- Bernama