Floods: Number of evacuees in Johor, Melaka continues to decrease

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood evacuees in Johor and Melaka continues to decrease as of Wednesday (Jan 12) morning.

In JOHOR, the number of evacuees went down to 1,227 people as at 8am Wednesday, compared to 2,154 people on Tuesday (Jan 11), at 26 relief centres in the state.

Johor Health and Environment Committee chairman R. Vidyananthan said four districts were still affected by the floods with Muar recording the most evacuees at 547, followed by Segamat (417), Tangkak (182) and Batu Pahat (81).

He said only the station at Sungai Muar in Bukit Kepong, Muar, recorded a measurement at danger level, while the Sungai Muar station at Buloh Kasap, Segamat, recorded a warning level.

The weather in Mersing is reported to be cloudy, while in nine other districts - Johor Baru, Muar, Batu Pahat, Segamat, Pontian, Kluang, Kota Tinggi, Tangkak and Kulai - it was reported to be clear.

In MELAKA, state Civil Defence director Lt Col (PA) Cuthbert John Martin Quadra said the number of flood victims declined to 69 victims from 21 families as of 8am Wednesday, compared to 112 victims from 33 families as at 4pm Tuesday.

All the victims are housed at two relief centres in Jasin.- Bernama