Selangor Journal
Orang Asli residents taking shelter at the temporary relief centres (PPS) in Dewan KOA Sungai Ruil at Cameron Highlands, Pahang, on January 6, 2024. — Picture by BERNAMA

Number of flood evacuees remains at 278 tonight  — Nadma

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 —The number of flood evacuees at six temporary relief centres (PPS) in three states has remained unchanged at 278 people as of 8 pm tonight.

According to the latest report from the National Disaster Control Centre, National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma), the evacuees include 99 people from 42 families sheltering at two PPS in Beluran district, Sabah.

In Pahang, 101 people from 34 families are still housed at one temporary relief centre in Rompin, while in Johor78 people from 20 families are at three temporary relief centres, with Segamat having 63 evacuees and Batu Pahat having 15 evacuees.

Meanwhile, the Irrigation and Drainage Department Telemetry Station shows that several river localities in Johor and Perlis are at danger levels tonight.

In Johor, the affected rivers are Sungai Johor in Kota Tinggi and Sungai Muar in Segamat while in Perlis it is Sungai Arau.

Apart from that, 17 roads were closed due to floods, damaged bridges and landslides, including Jalan Durian Mentangau in Dungun, Terengganu; Jalan Sungai Tiang in Baling, Kedah; and Jalan Petri Jaya in Kota Tinggi, Johor.

Nadma also said the number of evacuees in Sarawak remains at 38 people from 12 families at one centre in Kuching, and they are all fire evacuees.

— Bernama

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