138,052 flood evacuees at relief centres in nine states this morning

The number of flood evacuees in Kelantan and Terengganu has slightly decreased, bringing the total number of evacuees in nine flood-hit states to 138,052 as at 8 am today, compared to 140,896 last night.

In KELANTAN, the number of flood evacuees dropped to 85,778 from 26,781 families this morning, from 88,742 from 27,661 families last night. All of them are being housed at 251 relief centres.

According to the Social Welfare Department's (JKM) Info Bencana portal, Pasir Mas remained the district with the highest number of evacuees, at 29,361, followed by Tumpat (18,791), Kota Bharu (7,659), Pasir Puteh (10,743), and Kuala Krai (5,392), Bachok (6,099), Machang (5,016), Tanah Merah (2,636), and Jeli (81).

In TERENGGANU, the number of evacuees dropped to 39,865 from 10,703 families this morning from 40,604 from 10,932 families last night.

According to the latest data from the Terengganu State Disaster Management Committee (JPBNT), the number of active relief centres in eight districts had reduced from 283 to 271.

-- BERNAMA