Floods: 202 people displaced in two districts in Perak, Hilir Perak also hit

IPOH: A total of 202 flood victims from 60 families in two districts in Perak had to take refuge at temporary evacuation centres (PPS) after their homes were hit by floods overnight.

A Perak Disaster Management Committee Secretariat spokesman said in the Muallim district, 19 victims from Kampung Rasau are being sheltered at the PPS at Sekolah Agama Rakyat Kampung Rasau, 46 at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SJKT) Trolak Pekan and four others from Taman Slim Permai at PPS Pejabat Kemas Tanjung Malim.

"Besides that, 36 victims are housed at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kuala Slim, 38 at Dewan Sungkai Klah Baru and another 42 people at Dewan Semai Bakti Trolak Selatan," he said in a statement here today.

Meanwhile, in the Batang Padang district, he said only 17 senior citizens rescued from an old folks home were still being sheltered at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Choong Hua 1, Bidor.

Various agencies including the Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM), Fire and Rescue Department and the police are actively monitoring the flood-affected locations while the weather in most areas is good and the floods have receded.

However, Sungai Bidor which overflowed into Sungai Perak caused flash floods in Hilir Perak district from about 3 am today.

Some 50 houses are estimated to be affected and a PPS at Dewan Majlis Perbandaran Teluk Intan Langkap has been opened and the evacuation process is currently underway.

-- BERNAMA