Flood situation improving in Sarawak

Students at SJKC Chung Hua Batu Kitang hanging their books out to dry after floods hit Sarawak on Friday.

KUCHING: The number of flood evacuees in southern Sarawak has decreased to just over 7,000 people on Tuesday morning.

At 8am, a total of 7,177 people from 1,822 families remained in relief centres in Kuching, Serian and Samarahan divisions, compared to 7,965 people from 2,051 families at noon on Monday.

Civil Defence Department public relations officer Siti Huzaimah Ibrahim said they were sheltered in 31 centres in Kuching, 12 in Serian and four in Samarahan.

She also said 10 relief centres had been closed, including eight on Monday and two on Sunday.

River levels have mostly returned to normal, but the Batang Sadong at Serian was still at danger level of 9.69m and Sungai Sarawak Kiri at Batu Kitang at alert level of 3.07m as at 8am on Tuesday.