Number of flood evacuees drops in Terengganu, Pahang

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood evacuees dropped in Pahang and Terengganu, while those in Perak, Kelantan and Johor remained unchanged.

In PAHANG, the number of evacuees dropped to 387 people this morning compared to 435 last night, with 210 of them taking shelter at a relief centre in Temerloh, Pekan (one centre, 142 evacuees) and Bera (two centres, 35 evacuees).

State Disaster Management Secretariat (JPBN) said the water level of Sungai Triang in Bera is still at danger level while five rivers, Sungai Pahang in Lubuk Paku and Sungai Luit in Kampung Subuh, Maran; Sungai Pahang in Paloh Hinai, Pekan; Sungai Belat in Kuantan and Sungai Keratong in Rompin are at warning level.

Based on the weather forecast by the Malaysian Meteorology Department, a thunderstorm is predicted in Temerloh and Bera in the evening, and rain this morning in Pekan.

In TERENGGANU, the number of flood evacuees dropped to 69 from 22 families this morning from 80 (24 families) last night. They are being housed at a relief centre in Kuala Terengganu (55), Besut (12) and Setiu (two).

In Pasir Mas, KELANTAN, the number of flood evacuees this morning remained unchanged from 2,018 people from 635 families last night, with all of them being housed at seven relief centres,

The centres are Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Tok Deh which housed 712 evacuees, SK Kedai Tanjong (47), SK Gual Periok (544), Masjid Mukim Padang Licin (73), PPS Putat Tujoh (157), SK Kubang Kual (251) and SK Sri Kiambang (234).

In PERAK, the number of evacuees remained at 147 from 39 families, housed at four relief centres, namely SMK Abd Rahman Talib (SMART) in Hilir Perak; Sekolah Agama Rakyat Padang Serai, Manjung; Dewan SK Slim River, Mualim and Dewan Orang Ramai Kampung Tersusun Teluk Memali in Perak Tengah.

In JOHOR, the number of evacuees remained at 51 as at 8 am with Segamat being the only district affected by the disaster.

-- BERNAMA