Number of Pasir Mas flood evacuees drops to 1,581

 

Volunteers preparing food for evacuees taking shelter at Masjid Padang Licin in Pasir Mas, Kelantan. (Bernama pic)

KOTA BHARU: The number of flood evacuees in Pasir Mas continued to drop to 1,581 from 527 families, as of 8pm, compared with 2,338 from 756 families this morning.

According to the social welfare department’s InfoBencana portal, only six temporary relief centres are operating, compared with nine this morning.

The relief centre at SK Gual To’Deh is sheltering 640 people from 211 families; SMK Gual Periok has 108 evacuees from 30 families, and SMK Baroh Pial has 224 from 85 families.

Forty evacuees from 11 families are housed at SK Kedai Tanjong, while SK Gual Periok has 249 from 71 families, and the Padang Licin mosque has 320 from 119 families. - FMT