Last night, 1,331 victims from 375 families had evacuated flood-stricken areas.
Pahang Civil Defence Force director Zainal Yusof said Pekan was the latest district to be hit by the floods and the first relief centre there was opened at 1am today at Sekolah Kebangsaan Merchong Jaya Nenasi, housing 52 people from 13 families.
“Kuantan is the worst-affected district and records the most number of evacuees at 1,258 people from 373 families who are putting up at 13 centres.
“In Rompin, 574 people from 157 families are being housed at seven centres,” he said.
According to Zainal, most of the flood victims in the district were moved to Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Fakeh Abdul Samad (267 people from 65 families) followed by Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Gudang Rasau (263 people from 71 families).
Meanwhile, the DID website indicated that the water levels of two rivers had exceeded the danger level, namely, Sungai Lepar and Sungai Belat.