KUALA LUMPUR: A complete of 19,099 individuals from 5,882 households had been at 122 flood reduction centres in 5 states as at noon on Tuesday (Dec 28), with the number of evacuees dropping in Selangor, Pahang, Kelantan as nicely as Negeri Sembilan and remaining unchanged in Melaka.
The number was barely decrease than the 20,026 individuals from 6,136 households at 130 centres in the morning.
In Selangor, in response to the Social Welfare Department (SWD) InfoBencana portal, the number of victims had decreased to 7,503 at 36 reduction centres at noon from 7,751 at 39 centres on Tuesday morning.
It was reported in the publicinfobanjir.water.gov.my that the degrees of two rivers in Selangor had been at the alert level, specifically Sungai Langat in Bukit Changgang, Kuala Langat at 3.38 metres and Sungai Bernam in Rimba KDR, Sabak Bernam at 1.89 metres at 10.45am.
In Pahang, the State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat stated a complete of 11,776 flood evacuees had been nonetheless housed at 83 reduction centres in six districts on Tuesday afternoon.
The number of evacuees had dropped from 12,692 involving 90 reduction centres this morning.
The six districts nonetheless affected by the floods in Pahang had been Bentong, Temerloh, Bera, Maran, Kuantan and Pekan.
Sungai Kundang in Maran was nonetheless above the warning stage with a downward pattern and no river was at the hazard level.
In Kelantan, 78 individuals from 23 households had been nonetheless at a reduction centre at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Tok Deh, down from 152 individuals from 46 households on Tuesday morning.
The Drainage and Irrigation Department’s official InfoBanjir portal reported that no main rivers in Kelantan had been at the hazard stage.
In Negeri Sembilan, the number of evacuees decreased to 54 from 18 households at noon from 58 from 19 households on Tuesday morning.
The evacuees had been being accommodated at two reduction centres in Jelebu, specifically Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Triang Hilir and Kampung Puom neighborhood corridor.
In Melaka, the number of victims remained unchanged at 26 individuals from eight households.
Melaka Civil Defence Force (APM) director Lt Col (PA) Cuthbert John Martin Quadra stated just one reduction centre was nonetheless working, specifically at SK Penghulu Benteng in Jasin. – Bernama
