As of 8pm today, there are 1,195 people from 370 families placed at 10 shelters in the interior district.
A total of 13 villages have been affected after the three main rivers in the district, namely Sungai Padas, Sungai Pagalan and Sungai Ponontomon, breached their riverbanks.
A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the victims are from villages in the Kemabong and Melalap state constituencies under Tenom.
Meanwhile, the floods are also back in Sabah’s southwest Beaufort district.
Beaufort district officer Jupery Etok said the Selagon temporary relief centre was reopened, after being closed last Dec 14, after water levels rose due to continuous rain since yesterday evening.
“It rained heavily in Beaufort from 3am to 6am today.”
He said although the rain in Membakut sub-district was not as heavy, it still caused the water levels at Sungai Membakut to go over the dangerous level.
Although only four people have been moved to the relief centre, he expected more to be transferred if weather conditions do not improve.
The Civil Defence Force said the water level at Sungai Padas had risen to 8.77m, which is above the dangerous level of 8.7m.
Four villages in Beaufort and another 12 in Membakut are affected.
“We are monitoring the situation and are prepared to move more residents to the relief centre if needed,” said Jupery.
MetMalaysia expects weather to improve
Meanwhile, Bernama reports that the flood situation in several states has improved with the number of victims dropping this afternoon.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) said in a statement today that the weather conditions in Kelantan, Terengganu, and some areas in Pahang and Sabah are expected to improve further.
Following this, a bad weather warning issued at 3.35pm yesterday was rescinded.
In KELANTAN, the number of flood victims dropped to 2,076 from 644 families as of 6.30pm from 4,065 (1,205 families) this morning.
The Social Welfare Department’s InfoBencana application shows three areas are still affected by floods while the Kuala Krai and Pasir Puteh temporary relief centres (PPS) have been closed.
There were 1,298 victims from 445 families housed in nine centres in Pasir Mas; 500 victims (121 families) in 11 Tanah Merah PPS, and 278 victims (78 families) in three Jeli PPS.
Meanwhile, the ebanjir.kelantan.gov.my website shows that only Sungai Golok in Rantau Panjang is still above the danger level at 10.48m (danger point at 9m).
In PAHANG, there were only 386 victims from 105 families still housed in four PPS in Rompin, Bera and Temerloh.
Of these, Temerloh recorded 351 victims, Rompin 26 victims and Bera nine victims.
In TERENGGANU, four PPS operating in two districts, namely Dungun and Hulu Terengganu, were closed in stages, according to Terengganu State Disaster Management Secretariat head Lieutenant Colonel Che Adam A Rahman.
He said at present, only one PPS is still operating at the Kampung Minda multi-purpose hall in Dungun, which is sheltering 38 victims (13 families).
“Although good weather was reported throughout Terengganu today, they are still not allowed to return home because their homes are inundated with floodwaters,” he said.
In JOHOR, the number of flood victims also dropped to 1,314 from 327 families as of 6pm compared to 2,669 from 716 families recorded at 8am.
Johor Local Government, Urban Wellbeing and Environment Committee chairman Tan Chen Choon said all the victims were still housed in 24 temporary evacuation centres (PPS) involving five districts, namely Kluang, Kota Tinggi, Pontian, Batu Pahat and Segamat.
“Floods in Mersing area had fully receded and nine PPSs in the area were closed today as all the victims had returned home,” he said in a statement here today.
Meanwhile, two roads in Segamat district, including Jalan Paya Badang and Putting Road, and two others in Mersing, namely Jalan Telok Arong and Jalan Tanah Abang, are closed to all traffic due to floods.
Jalan Tumang in Segamat is only open to heavy vehicles, he said.