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Villager Mohd Hazrul Nizam Ahmad Rehzme, 23, clearing his home of water and mud, after it was inundated by floods at Kampung Pengkalan in Alor Gajah, Melaka, on October 28, 2022. — Picture by BERNAMA

Melaka floods: Number of evacuees drops to 16

MELAKA, Oct 31 — The number of flood evacuees in Melaka dropped to 16 people from five families as of 8 am this morning compared with 17 people involving six families as of 4 pm yesterday.

The Melaka Disaster Management Committee Secretariat, in a statement, said that all evacuees involved residents in the Alor Gajah district who were housed at the temporary relief centre (PPS) at Kampung Belimbing community hall.

They are residents of Kampung Panchor, Kampung Beringin, Kampung Pulau and Kampung Belimbing, it said.

— Bernama

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