As of Saturday (Dec 30) morning, the flood situation in several states in Malaysia has not improved, with 16,205 evacuees still at 71 relief centres, compared to 16,919 people reported at midnight. The National Disaster Management Agency’s National Disaster Command Centre issued the latest report.
Kelantan still had the highest number of evacuees at 15,190 in 42 relief centres across four districts. The report stated that 26 relief centres were opened in Pasir Mas, accommodating 11,093 people from 11,093 families; four centres in Kuala Krai (90 people, 21 families); 10 centres in Tumpat (3,311 people, 1,174 families); and 696 people from 190 families were at two centres in Jeli as of 6am.
In Terengganu, the number of evacuees at 20 relief centres in Dungun, Kuala Terengganu and Marang dropped to 732 on Saturday morning from 862 at midnight.
The number of evacuees remained the same in Johor, with 55 people from 15 families at two relief centres in Segamat.
Meanwhile, in Pahang, the number of evacuees at six relief centres in Bera, Maran, and Temerloh increased slightly on Saturday, with 138 people from 39 families, up from 120 on Friday night.
The report also mentioned that the number of victims housed in a relief centre due to a landslide incident in Cameron Highlands remained unchanged at 87 people from 17 families.
According to the report, five rivers in Kelantan, namely Sungai Golok Pasir Mas, Sungai Golok Tanah Merah, Sungai Kelantan Kota Bharu, Sungai Kelantan Jeli and Sungai Kelantan Gua Musang, were at the danger point. Sungai Terengganu in Kuala Terengganu was also at the danger level as of 6 am.
The report added that there were 52 roads closed due to flooding and landslides, including Jalan Jabi-Bukit Tempurung, Segamat in Johor, Jalan Jeli-Dabong (Kelantan), Jalan Bukit Besi-Dungun (Terengganu) and Jalan Kuala Lumpur-Bentong (Jalan Lama Bentong) in Pahang. – Bernama
