Number of flood evacuees rises to more than 40,000 in Terengganu

Number of flood evacuees rises to more than 40,000 in Terengganu

More than 31,000 are also seeking shelter at relief centres in Kelantan.

The flood situation continued to worsen in Terengganu and Kelantan this morning, but remained unchanged or showed an improvement elsewhere. (Bernama pic).
KUALA LUMPUR:
The number of flood evacuees continued to rise in Terengganu and Kelantan but remained unchanged in Johor and Perak. It showed a drop in Pahang.

In Terengganu, the number rose to 40,456 from 11,097 families compared to 39,311 from 10,937 families last night. All of them were being housed at 299 relief centres in eight districts, according to the state disaster management committee secretariat.

Kemaman has the most number of evacuees at 9,147, followed by Besut (8,536), Hulu Terengganu (5,893), Dungun (4,419), Setiu (4,352), Kuala Nerus (3,597), Kuala Terengganu (2,777) and Marang (1,735).

A report on https://publicinfobanjir.water.gov.my said six rivers in Terengganu, including Sungai Kemaman at Rumah Pam Paya Paman in Kemaman; Sungai Telemong at Kuala Ping in Hulu Terengganu; and Sungai Nerus at Kampung Langkap in Setiu – were still above the danger level.

In Kelantan, the number of evacuees rose to 31,487 from 9,055 families this morning, compared to 31,313 from 9,005 families last night.

All of them were at 140 relief centres in eight districts – Tumpat, Pasir Mas, Tanah Merah, Kuala Krai, Machang, Pasir Puteh, Kota Bharu and Bachok.

In Johor, the number of evacuees remained at 48 from 15 families with two relief centres still open in Segamat.

The evacuees, from Kampung Seberang Batu Badak and Kampung Batu 5 Segamat, were being housed at Balai Raya Kampung Batu Badak and Dewan Komuniti Kampung Tasek.

The irrigation and drainage department reported that the water level at Sungai Muar in Buloh Kasap, Segamat, was at the warning point of 8.63m.

In Perak, the flood situation remained unchanged with 54 evacuees from 17 families still at SK Sungai Tiang Darat and SMK Abd Rahman Talib.

The water level of Sungai Bidor in Changkat Jong was still above the danger point.

In Pahang, the flood situation in Kuantan continued to improve with only 221 people from 62 families still at three relief centres this morning, compared to 484 from 113 families at five centres yesterday.

The water level of Sungai Keratong, Rompin was still above the danger point but dropping.

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