KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — The flood situation in Johor and Pahang has continued to improve while in Sabah the number of evacuees remained unchanged, with a total of 459 evacuees tonight compared to 568 evacuees this afternoon.
According to the latest report from the National Disaster Control Centre, National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma), there are 274 evacuees from 83 families at four temporary relief centres (PPS) in Sabah, 103 evacuees from 34 families at one relief centrein Pahang and 82 evacuees from 22 families at four temporary centres in Johor.
In Sabah, the number of evacuees is unchanged from this afternoon, with 161 people at one temporary relief centre in Sandakan and 113 evacuees at three relief centres in Beluran district while in Pahang, the number dropped to 103 people at one temporary relief centres in Rompin.
The declining trend was also recorded in Johor, with 63 evacuees at two temporary relief centres in Segamat, 15 evacuees at one temporary relief centre in Batu Pahat and four people at one temporary relief centre in Kota Tinggi district.
In the case of fire evacuees , the number of evacuees in Sarawak remains at 38 people from 12 families, housed at one relief centre in Kuching, while all the evacuees in Sabah have returned home as of 8 pm tonight.
Meanwhile, observations at the Irrigation and Drainage Department Telemetry Station show that several rivers in Johor, Pahang and Perlis are at danger levels tonight.
The rivers concerned are Sungai Endau in Kluang, Sungai Johor in Kota Tinggi and Sungai Muar in Segamat, all in Johor; Sungai Pahang in Pekan, Bera, Maran and Sungai Rompin, all in Pahang; and Sungai Arau in Perlis.
Nadma also said 43 roads were closed due to floods, damaged bridges and landslides, including Jalan Durian Mentangau in Dungun, Terengganu; Jalan Kota Tinggi–Kluang in Kota Tinggi, Johor and Kuantan-Segamat Highway (Tun Razak Highway) in Pahang.
— Bernama
