KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood victims continues to drop, with 25,307 people from 7,662 families reported at 169 relief centres (PPS) in the flood-hit states of Kelantan, Selangor, Pahang, Negri Sembilan and Melaka as at noon yesterday.
According to the Welfare Department’s Info Bencana app, there were 28,005 flood victims from 8,598 families at 183 PPS in the five states yesterday morning, Bernama reported.
In Selangor, it said the number of evacuees dropped to 8,821 people (2,543 families) at 56 PPS at noon, from 11,864 people at 61 PPS earlier.
However, the water in Sungai Bernam at Rimba KDR, Sabak Bernam, recorded a level of 2.36m at 11.30am yesterday, which exceeds the danger level, and was rising.
The Shah Alam City Council (MBSA), through its Twitter account, said the public can call 03-5510 5811 for any aid and emergency assistance due to the floods in areas under its jurisdiction.
In Kelantan, there were 311 flood victims (104 families) as at noon yesterday, from 378 people (127 families) in the morning, and they were at two PPS in Pasir Mas, namely SK Tok Deh and SK Gual Periok.
In Pahang, the JKM Info Bencana app reported that 16,303 people were still at 114 PPS in six districts, namely Bentong, Temerloh, Bera, Maran, Kuantan and Pekan at noon.
Yesterday morning, there were 16,579 victims at the PPS.
According to the secretariat for the State Disaster Management Committee, nine roads in Pahang were closed to traffic at several locations, among them Jalan Kuala Lumpur-Maran in Maran, Jalan Temerloh-Jerantut (Temerloh), Jalan Sungai Lembing (Kuantan) and Jalan Kuantan-Segamat (Pekan).
In Negri Sembilan, the app showed that the number of flood evacuees had dropped to 83 people (26 families) at three PPS, from 128 people (37 families) in the morning.
In Melaka, state Civil Defence Force (APM) director Lt Col (PA) Cuthbert John Martin Quadra said the number of flood victims remained at 26, involving eight families, at the PPS at SK Penghulu Benteng in Jasin.