In Johor, the number of evacuees rose to 4,737 as of 8pm compared with 4,278 in the evening.

State health and environment committee chairman R Vidyananthan said seven districts in the state were still affected by floods.

He said there were 71 relief centres, with Segamat having the highest number of evacuees (3,554), followed by Mersing (476), Kota Tinggi (210), Tangkak (297), Muar (52) and Batu Pahat (77).

In Pahang, the number of evacuees dropped slightly to 2,438 from 713 families from 2,572 previously. They were being housed in 46 centres in Temerloh, Kuantan, Maran, Rompin, Jerantut, Lipis, Raub, Bera and Pekan.

Eleven roads were closed as of 8pm, including Jalan Air Hitam in Kuantan, Jalan Kampung Wau-Kertau (Maran), Jalan Kuala Lipis-Jerantut (Jerantut), Jalan Temerloh-Jerantut (Temerloh), Jalan Ulu Dong (Raub) and Jalan Southern Loop (Bentong).

The government’s Public Infobanjir website reported that water levels at Sungai Pahang in Kuala Sungai Chini, Pekan, and Sungai Serting in Jambatan Padang Gudang (Bera) and Paya Gintong (Jerantut) were still above the danger levels, but were dropping.

In Melaka, the number of evacuees dropped slightly to 2,591 from 667 families as of 8pm compared with 2,621 from 674 families at 4pm. The evacuees were from 14 areas in Alor Gajah, nine areas in Melaka Tengah and 10 areas in Jasin.

A total of 1,007 from 264 families were being housed in nine centres in Alor Gajah, 1,391 from 358 families were at centres in Melaka Tengah and 193 from 45 families were at four centres in Jasin.

In Negeri Sembilan, the number of evacuees dropped to 1,967 from 540 families compared with 2,073 from 568 families earlier. They were being housed in 21 relief centres.

In Selangor, the number of evacuees remained the same at 40, all in the Langat district. The water level at Sungai Langat in Bukit Changgang, Kuala Langat, which had been at danger level in the evening, dropped to the 4.12m alert level as of 8pm.

In Sabah, the number of evacuees remained at 3,329 in six districts. Kota Marudu had the highest number, with 2,766 in 14 centres, followed by Pitas (234 in four centres), Telupid (159 in six centres), Paitan (83 in three centres), Sandakan (46 in one centre) and Beluran (41 in two centres).

In Terengganu, a second wave of flooding resulted in the opening of one relief centre in Kemaman at 9pm housing 10 evacuees from two families.