More people evacuated in Pahang, Perak this evening – Bernama
Published: 30 December 2014
The situation has gotten worst in Pahang today with the town of Temerloh, pictured here, continuing to record the highest number of evacuees. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Afif Abd Halim, December 30, 2014.More people have been evacuated due to the worsening floods in Pahang and Perak this evening, while the number of evacuees in Terengganu continued to drop.
In Pahang, the number of flood victims at 263 relief centres in eight districts continued to rise to 51,343 this evening from 49,978 recorded in the afternoon.
Spokesman at the Pahang police contingent flood operations room said Temerloh still recorded the highest number of evacuees with 21,284 at 62 relief centres.
Seven other flood-affected areas in Pahang were Pekan with 9,960 evacuees at 40 centres, Jerantut (6,025 evacuees at 59 centres), Maran (4,238 evacuees at 32 centres), Kuantan (3,797 evacuees at 17 centres), Lipis (3,090 evacuees at 28 centres), Bera (2,854 evacuees at 19 centres) and Rompin (186 evacuees at six centres), he said.
In Perak, the number of people evacuated in Central Perak, Kuala Kangsar, Hulu Perak and Kerian stood at 7,762 this evening compared to 7,664 recorded earlier today.
According to Perak National Security Council (MKN) spokesman, at present, the number of flood victims recorded in Central Perak was 4,628, Kuala Kangsar (2,017), Hulu Perak (799) and Kerian (318).
In Kelantan, no latest information on the number of flood evacuees was made available as at 5pm after the 158,476 victims recorded this afternoon.
In Terengganu, the number of people taking shelter at relief centres dropped to 20,122 this evening from 25,775 recorded this afternoon.
This was because more and more people were allowed to return home after the flood situation in their areas returned to normal.
According to the Terengganu MKN portal, Kemaman still had 10,318 flood evacuees, followed by Dungun (8,815), Hulu Terengganu (39) and Kuala Terengganu (213).
Several relief centres in the state had also been closed, leaving only 28 each in Dungun and Kemaman, three in Hulu Terengganu and two in Kuala Terengganu.
In Johor, 148 people from 41 families were still taking shelter at relief centres this evening, compared to 153 recorded earlier. – Bernama, December 30, 2014.
