In Perak, the floods affected three districts, with the number of evacuees increasing to 149 this morning, from 99 people yesterday.

A spokesman for the state disaster management committee said a relief centre was opened at the Sungai Baru Community Hall in Trong, in the Larut, Matang and Selama district, at 5pm yesterday to accommodate 13 people involving four families evacuated from Kampung Sungai Nyior, Padang Gajah.

The number of flood victims at the SK Matang centre in Taiping also increased to 107 people (33 families), from 88 people yesterday. The victims are from Kampung Sungai Rentaka, Kampung Melawati, Kampung Jebong Kiri and Kampung Tebuk.

“A total of 18 people from six families from Kampung Matang Tengah are accommodated at the SK Changkat Lobak centre, while the number of evacuees at the at SMK Smart Batu 8, Jalan Changkat Jong in Teluk Intan remained at 11 people, involving three families,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Perak drainage and irrigation department (DID), in a statement, said a bund at the Sungai Samagagah Flood Mitigation Plan at Alor Pongsu in the Kerian district burst at 10.30am yesterday.

It said the incident caused the water levels in Sungai Beriah and Sungai Samagagah to rise to 3.32 metres, which is above the danger level.

The Kerian DID has activated operation of the permanent pump in Matang Tengah to ease the flow of the trapped water and opened the gates at Ampang Jajar, it said.

In Kedah, a new relief centre was opened at SK Siong at 3am today to accommodate a family of five from Baling.

Meanwhile, the two relief centres which were opened in Yan since last Wednesday, namely SMK Agama Yan and SK Teroi, are still in operation, despite all the flood victims having returned home, according to a spokesman from the Kedah civil defence force.

Last Wednesday, a water surge phenomenon occurred in Gunung Jerai causing floods that affected about 1,000 houses in Yan and Kuala Muda, claiming four lives.