The number of flood evacuees has decreased in three states.
The number of flood evacuees in Johor, Selangor, and Kelantan decreased this morning, while Sabah became the most recently affected state.
The state Civil Defence Force (APM) Disaster Management Committee Secretariat in Selangor reported that as of 8 a.m. today, the number of evacuees had dropped to 1,092 people, down from 1,153 last night.
Six temporary evacuation centres (PPS) in Sepang, four in Kuala Selangor, two in Sabak Bernam, and one each in Kuala Langat and Klang were established.
In Johor, the number of evacuees in two districts, Segamat and Tangkak, has decreased to 278 as of 8 a.m. today, down from 283 last night.
According to a statement from the District Disaster Management Committee, all evacuees from 70 families were housed in four PPS.
It was reported that in Tangkak, 122 evacuees were housed at the Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Simpang 5 Darat, and 103 people were still housed at the Sekolah Agama Simpang 5 Darat, while in Segamat, 39 people were housed at the Kampung Batu Badak community hall and another 14 at the Tasek community hall.
As of 8 a.m. this morning, the number of evacuees in Rantau Panjang, Pasir Mas, Kelantan, had dropped to 401 people from 115 families, down from 667 people from 234 families reported last night.
According to the InfoDisaster portal of the Social Welfare Department (JKM), all evacuees have been placed in four PPS in the Pasir Mas district, namely SK Tok Deh, SK Kubang Kual, Putat Tujoh, and SK Gual Periok.
Misran Bisara, the state Fire and Rescue Department’s (JBPM) assistant director (Operations), reported flooding in several areas in the Sook and Nabawan districts, Sabah this morning, following continuous heavy rain since last night.
The villages involved in Sook are Kampung Tiolon, Kampung Rancangan Belia, and Kampung Kusina, and the areas involved in Nabawan are Kampung Magulasing and Kampung Lima, but no PPS were open this morning.
Perak‘s evacuee population has risen to 862 people from 243 families as of 7 a.m., up from 844 victims from 239 families reported last night and housed at nine PPS.
According to a statement issued by the state Disaster Management Committee Secretariat in Melaka, the number of flood victims remains unchanged at 44 people from 10 families as of 8 a.m. today.
They come from Kampung Bukit Balai, Kampung Pulau, Kampung Belimbing, Kampung Panchor, and Lubok China, and they are housed at the office of the Durian Tunggal State Constituency Development and Coordination Committee (Japerun).
The number of people evacuated due to flooding in Sarawak remains unchanged, with three people from one family currently housed at the ICQS Tedungan Complex hall in Limbang, according to the state Disaster Management Committee.
Meanwhile, the Malaysian Meteorological Department has issued a thunderstorm warning for Pahang, Melaka, and Johor until 12 noon today.
