He said Selangor had the highest number of deaths, with 25 victims, followed by Pahang (20) and Kelantan (three).
“The victims in Selangor involved 17 men and eight women, and in Pahang the victims were 14 men, four women and two boys,” he said in a statement today.
In Kelantan, the victims were two men and a girl.
Meanwhile, the welfare department (JKM) said the number of flood evacuees as at noon today continued to drop, with 25,307 people from 7,662 families reported at 169 relief centres (PPS) in the flood-hit states of Kelantan, Selangor, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan and Melaka.
According to the department’s Info Bencana application, there were 28,005 flood victims from 8,598 families at 183 PPS in the five states this morning.
In Selangor, it said the number of evacuees dropped to 8,821 people (2,543 families) at 56 PPS at noon, from 11,864 people at 61 PPS earlier.
However, the water in Sungai Bernam at Rimba KDR, Sabak Bernam, recorded a measurement of 2.36m at 11.30am, which has exceeded the danger level and is rising.
The Shah Alam City Council (MBSA), said on Twitter that the public can call 03-5510-5811 for any aid and emergency assistance due to the floods in areas under its jurisdiction.
As at noon today, there were 311 flood victims (104 families) at two PPS in Pasir Mas in Kelantan, down from 378 people (127 families) in the morning. The PPS are at SK Tok Deh and SK Gual Periok.
In Pahang, the JKM Info Bencana application reported that 16,303 people were still at 114 PPS in six districts, namely Bentong, Temerloh, Bera, Maran, Kuantan and Pekan, at noon. This morning, there were 16,579 victims at the PPS.
According to the state disaster management committee, nine roads in Pahang are closed to traffic at several locations. Among them are Jalan Kuala Lumpur-Maran in Maran, Jalan Temerloh-Jerantut (Temerloh), Jalan Sungai Lembing (Kuantan) and Jalan Kuantan-Segamat (Pekan).
In Negeri Sembilan, the Info Bencana application showed the number of flood evacuees had dropped to 83 people (26 families) at three PPS, from 128 people (37 families) in the morning.
In Melaka, the state civil defence force said the number of flood victims remained at 26, involving eight families, at the PPS at SK Penghulu Benteng in Jasin.