Floods: Number of evacuees in Johor crosses 50,000

Flood victims at the temporary flood relief centre in SJK(C) Chong Hwa Sri Medan in Batu Pahat on March 5, 2023. They had to be transferred to other centres as the facility itself was inundated by water. – Bernama

JOHOR BARU: Almost 20,000 more people have been evacuated from Batu Pahat due to floods and placed in 73 temporary relief centres (PPS).

The Johor Disaster Management Committee said as of 8pm on Sunday (March 5), the number of flood victims had reached 50,596 people from 14,515 families.