KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 — A total of 2,626 evacuees are taking shelter from floods in 31 temporary relief centres (PPS) in Terengganu, Kelantan, and Pahang as of noon today.
According to the latest disaster report issued by the National Disaster Management Agency’s (Nadma) National Disaster Command Centre, the number of evacuees in Terengganu increased to 2,105 people, compared with 1,541 reported this morning.
It said as many as 10 PPS operate in the Setiu district, housing 1,048 people; Besut (eight PPS with 480 people), Hulu Terengganu (five PPS with 294 people), and Dungun (four PPS with 283 people).
However, two PPS in the Kemaman district, which housed 24 people, were closed.
The report said the number of evacuees in Pasir Puteh, Kelantan, has dropped slightly to 350 people, from 354 people reported this morning, who are accommodated in two PPS, while in Pahang, 171 people were placed at two PPS in Kuantan.
A survey of the situation by the Department of Irrigation and Drainage found several rivers still at dangerous levels — Sungai Dungun, Sungai Terengganu (Hulu Terengganu and Setiu) in Terengganu; Sungai Muda in Sik and Sungai Kedah in Kota Setar (Kedah); Sungai Arau (Perlis); Sungai Rompin and Sungai Pahang Cameron Highlands (Pahang); Sungai Sarang Buaya (Johor), and Sungai Kinabatangan (Sabah).
A total of 19 roads are closed due to flooding, damaged bridges and landslide incidents, including Lebuhraya Kuantan-Segamat (Lebuhraya Tun Razak) in Pekan, Pahang; Jalan Durian Mentangau in Dungun, Terengganu, and Jalan Sungai Sok-Chucuh Puteri in Kuala Krai, Kelantan.
— Bernama
