Selangor Journal
Several children playing in front of their flooded homes, caused by overflow from Sungai Belat due to heavy rainfall over the past two days, in Kuantan, Pahang, on February 7, 2023. — Picture by BERNAMA

Floods: Number of evacuees in four states dip to 3,662 tonight

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The total number of flood evacuees in Pahang, Johor, Kedah and Terengganu has dropped to 3,662 people tonight compared to 5,134 people this evening.

In Pahang, evacuees dropped to 3,585 people from 1,046 families at 23 relief centres compared to 5,021 people from 1,489 families at 28 centres this evening. Kuantan remains the district with the most evacuees at 3,466 people in 19 centres, while the remaining 119 people are being housed in four centres in Pekan.

According to the publicinfobanjir.water.gov.my website, the water levels at Sungai Belat in Sri Damai, Kuantan and Sungai Keratong in Rompin remain above the danger level.

In Johor, only 33 evacuees remain as of 8 pm tonight compared to 59 people at 4pm, while a relief centre in Batu Pahat was closed. Only two relief centres are still open, one in Segamat district, with 26 evacuees from nine families, and Mersing with seven people from one family.

Clear weather has been forecasted for all districts in the state tonight, while the water level of Sungai Bekok in Batu Pahat is still above the danger level, with a reading of 18.94 metres.

In Kedah, the number of evacuees remained the same at 26 people at Sekolah Menengah Agama Madrasah Insaniah Jangkang, near Kulim as of 8 pm and they will continue to remain there until the collapsed bank of Sungai Kob is repaired by the Department of Irrigation and Drainage.

In Terengganu, only 18 evacuees from six families remain at SK Lembah Jabor in Kemaman district tonight.

— Bernama

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