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Villagers saving a stray cat while taking out valuables from their flooded homes at Kampung Sri Tanjung, Dengkil, in Selangor, on July 19, 2020. Water had risen and flooded their homes at around 1am on Sunday. — Picture by BERNAMA

Selangor records highest number of flood victims — NADMA

PUTRAJAYA, July 20 — A total of 292 flood victims from 73 families are currently housed at six relief centres in three states as of 4pm yesterday, according to the latest flood situation report released by the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) yesterday.

According to the report, four relief centres are currently opened in Selangor while Melaka and Perak each have one centre.

The four centres in Selangor are at the Jenderam Hilir Community Hall, Dengkil Community Hall, Taman Gemilang Community Hall and Sekolah Rendah Agama Dengkil.

“All four centres are in the Sepang district and currently 219 victims from 55 families are seeking shelter there,” it said.

In Melaka, 29 victims from seven families are at the relief centre at Sekolah Kebangsaan Parit Penghulu, Jasin which opened on July 14.

Meanwhile in Perak, 44 victims from 11 families are at the Teluk Intan Municipal Council Hall which has been open since July 17.

According to the report, the relief centre at Sekolah Kebangsaan Parit Keroma Darat in Muar, Johor which opened on July 13 was closed yesterday.

— Bernama

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