The total number of evacuees in Kelantan, Pahang, Johor and Terengganu stood at 1,806. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood evacuees in Kelantan and Pahang continued to rise this evening as floods began to hit Johor, with Segamat being the first affected district.
As at 4pm, the total number of evacuees in these three states and Terengganu stood at 1,806.
In Kelantan, the number of evacuees rose to 657 from 212 families this evening compared with 280 from 84 families in the morning.
The Kelantan state disaster management committee secretariat said the evacuees were being housed at four relief centres in Rantau Panjang, Pasir Mas, with 450 of them at SK Tok Deh and the others at SK Gual Periok (81), SK Kubang Kual (66) and Putat Tujoh relief centre (60).
In Pahang, there are currently 581 people at 11 centres as at 4pm, compared with 537 at eight centres at 8am, with Temerloh having the highest number of evacuees with 382, followed by Lipis (83), Raub (48), Jerantut (39) and Bera (29).
In Johor, the district disaster management committee said that 22 victims from seven families were evacuated to the relief centre at Balai Raya Kampung Batu Badak, Segamat, at noon after Sungai Muar broke its banks. The victims were residents of Kampung Seberang Batu Badak and Kampung Batu 5.
In Terengganu, the number of flood evacuees dropped slightly to 546 from 137 families this evening compared with 599 people from 154 families in the morning.
As at 3pm, seven relief centres were open in four districts, with Kemaman housing 279 evacuees, Kuala Nerus (220), Kuala Terengganu (43) and Setiu (four).
