Evacuees in 4 states drop to 10,000

Updated 3 hours ago ·
Published on 30 Dec 2023 10:36PM ·

EVACUEES in four states dropped slightly to 10,000 people sheltering at 37 temporary flood relief centres as of 8pm tonight, compared with 10,895 at 41 centres this afternoon, the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) said in a statement.

Based on the latest flood report, in Kelantan evacuees dropped to 9,667 people at 27 centres compared with 10,354 people this afternoon.

According to the report, 27 centres were opened in four districts of Kelantan including 12 in Pasir Mas which accommodated 6,347 evacuees from 1,894 families, 10 in Tumpat (2,842 people from 987 families), two in Jeli (411 people from 103 families) and three in Kuala Krai (67 people from 16 families).

In Terengganu, the number of evacuees also dropped to 148 people (from 44 families) who were taking shelter at three centres compared to 354 people (97 families) at five centres in Dungun and Kuala Terengganu this afternoon.

In Johor, the number of flood evacuees remained at 54 (14 families) who are housed at two centres in the Segamat.

In Pahang, evacuees at five centres in Bera, Maran and Temerloh also recorded a drop with 131 people from 36 families compared to 133 people (37 families) this afternoon.

The report also informed that the number of evacuees of the landslide incident in Cameron Highlands remained at 87 people from 17 families.

From the status review at the Telemetry Station of the Irrigation and Drainage Department, three rivers in Kelantan, namely Sungai Golok in Pasir Mas, Sungai Golok in Tanah Merah and Sungai Kelantan in Kota Bharu are at a dangerous level as of 8pm tonight.

Three rivers in Selangor, namely Sungai Buloh in Kuala Selangor, Sungai Klang in Klang and Sungai Selangor in Gombak as well as Sungai Perak in Hulu Perak and Sungai Arau in Arau, Perlis are also at danger levels.

The report also mentioned that there were 44 roads closed due to flooding, damaged/collapsed bridges and landslides.

Among the roads affected are Jalan Jabi-Bukit Tempurung, Segamat in Johor, Jalan Pasir Mas-Pohon Tanjong (Kelantan), Jalan Marang-Wakaf Tapai (Terengganu) and Jaslan Kuala Lumpur-Bentong (Jalan Lama Bentong) in Pahang as well as Jalan Bukit Jugra in Selangor. – Bernama, December 30, 2023

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