Number of flood evacuees in Perak and Johor remains, increase in Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu
KUALA LUMPUR: There is no change in the number of flood victims in Perak and Johor since last night, while Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu showed an increase on Monday (Dec 12) morning.
According to the Secretariat of the Perak Disaster Management Committee (JPBN), there were 134 victims from 31 families at the relief centre (PPS) at Dewan Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Abd Rahman Talib (SMART) as of 8am on Monday.
Based on the weather forecast by the Malaysian Meteorology Department, a thunderstorm is predicted for the whole of Perak in the evening, and rain on Monday night in Hilir Perak.
In Johor, the total number of flood victims at the PPS at Balai Raya Kampung Batu Badak in Segamat remains at 27 people, involving nine families from Kampung Seberang Batu Badak and Kampung Batu 5 Segamat who were evacuated following overflowing of water from Sungai Muar due to heavy rain.
Based on the data from the Drainage and IrrigationDepartment, the water level of the Muar River in Kampung Awat, Segamat, had exceeded the warning level with a reading of 19.88 metres, while the Muar River in Buloh Kasap, Segamat, was at the warning level of 8.94 metres, and Sungai Sembrong in Batu Pahat at alert level with a reading of 10.06 metres.
In Pahang, the JPBN Secretariat said that the number of flood victims at the 11 PPS operating in the state increased to 573 people on Monday morning, compared to 561 people on Sunday night.
Temerloh district recorded the highest number of flood victims, with 383 people in a PPS, followed by Lipis (two PPS, 89 victims), Raub (five PPS, 53 victims), Jerantut (one PPS, 20 victims) and Bera (two PPS, 28 victims).
The JPBN Pahang Secretariat also reported that the water in two rivers in the state had passed the danger level, namely Sungai Triang in Bera and Sungai Pahang in Lubuk Paku, Maran, while four others were at the warning level, including Sungai Belat in Kuantan.
The Meteorological Department has predicted rain in Raub on Monday morning, while other districts affected by floods were predicted to experience thunderstorms in several areas.
In Kelantan, 1,157 people from 376 families were at five PPS in Rantau Panjang, in the Pasir Mas district, namely at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Tok Deh (590 people), SK Gual Periok (323), Masjid Mukim Padang Licin (46), PPS Putat Tujoh (83) and SK Kubang Kual (115).
In Terengganu, the number of flood victims increased to 659 people, involving 168 families, compared to 593 people from 151 families last night, with a total of 11 PPS operating.
The Terengganu JPBN Secretariat in a statement stated that Kemaman district was the most affected with a total of 305 victims at four PPS, namely in Kuala Nerus (216 people in two PPS), Kuala Terengganu (92 people at two PPS), Dungun (42 people at two PPS) and Setiu (four people at one PPS). – Bernama