The welfare department’s Disaster Info application said all victims were taking shelter at 152 relief centres in Kelantan, Selangor, Pahang, Melaka and Negeri Sembilan.
In Selangor, the Disaster Info application indicated that the flood victims in the state continued to drop to 8,715 from 2,458 families housed at 46 relief centres compared to 8,821 individuals at 56 relief centres this afternoon.
Meanwhile, Sungai Bernam in Sabak Bernam was at a normal level of 0.97m this evening compared to 2.36m at 11.30am.
The Shah Alam City Council said on its official Twitter account that a briefing session would be held every morning to coordinate work on the ground among agencies, local authorities and volunteers.
In Pahang, the number of evacuees stood at 13,315 from 4,247 families this evening, with the number of relief centres still operating at 97.
Temerloh, Bentong, Pekan, Maran, Bera and Kuantan recorded the highest number of flood victims in the state.
The drainage and irrigation department’s (DID) official flood information portal (link – publicinfobanjir.water.gov.my) reported that the water levels in Sungai Kundang and Sungai Pahang in Lubuk Paku, both in Maran, were at the alert level but on a downward trend.
So far, almost all routes have been opened, except at nine locations, including Jalan Kuantan-Segamat in Pekan, Jalan Kuala Lipis-Jerantut (Jerantut), Jalan Kuala Lumpur-Maran (Maran), Jalan Ulu Dong (Raub) and Jalan Bentong-Gua Musang (Lipis).
The number of flood victims in Kelantan saw a decline as of 6pm today where 218 individuals from 69 families were still housed at two relief centres in Pasir Mas, compared to 347 victims from 117 families this afternoon.
The DID portal reported that none of the major rivers in Kelantan had exceeded the danger level.
In Negeri Sembilan, the state civil defence force said the number of flood victims had decreased to 82 people from 26 families compared to 128 people from 37 families this morning at three relief centres in Jelebu.
In Melaka, the state civil defence force said the number of evacuees remained at 26 people from eight families as of this evening, housed at the SK Penghulu Benteng relief centre in Jasin.