Almost 45,000 flood victims still at relief centres in Johor

Almost 45,000 flood victims still at relief centres in Johor

Batu Pahat remains the worst affected district with a total of 39,737 flood evacuees.

There has been little change in the flood situation in Batu Pahat as two rivers remain at the danger level. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
A total of 45,489 people still remain at temporary relief centres in three states as at 8am today, with Johor still having the highest number of flood evacuees.

In Johor, the number of flood victims in the state increased to 44,937, compared with the 43,667 recorded at 8pm yesterday.

In a statement, the state disaster management committee (JPBN) said all the evacuees were still housed at 172 relief centres in five districts.

Batu Pahat remained the worst affected district with a total of 39,737 evacuees, followed by Muar (2,785), Tangkak (1,662), Segamat (706) and Mersing (47).

Eight rivers still exceed the danger level, including Sungai Batu Pahat at the Bekok Dam (Batu Pahat) at 19.70m, Sungai Muar in Bukit Kepong (Muar) at 4.33m, and Sungai Senggarang in Senggarang (Batu Pahat) at 3.53m.

Meanwhile, in Melaka, the number of evacuees at five relief centres in Jasin this morning had dropped to 380 from 438 last night.

A total of 25 evacuees were placed at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Seri Mendapat, 122 at SK Parit Penghulu, 30 at SK Parit Gantong, 36 at SK Sungai Rambai and 167 at SK Batu Gajah.

In Pahang, the number of flood evacuees in Rompin remained unchanged from the 172 last night with 62 of them staying at SK Kampung Aur while another 110 people at SK Leban Chondong.

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