JOHOR BARU: A total of 47 flood victims from 14 families in Mersing have been allowed to return home after the situation in the district improved.
The state Disaster Management Committee said it has also closed down three temporary relief centres (PPS) in the district as of noon on Saturday (March 11).
“The total number of flood victims has not changed much where there are still 44,779 evacuees at 169 PPS in four affected districts.
“The number of flood victims in Batu Pahat is now at 39,951 people, Muar (2,534), Tangkak (1,662), and Segamat (632),” it said in a statement here.
The PPS with the highest number of evacuees is at Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Telok, Parit Yaani, with 1,338 people, Dewan Perwira UTHM, Parit Raja, with 1,330 people, and Sekolah Kebangsaan Sejagong, with 1,207 people.
All are in Batu Pahat.
