More flood evacuees allowed to return home

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood evacuees in three states continued to drop, with the situation in Mersing approaching recovery level.

In Johor, the state disaster management committee (JPBN) said all evacuees in the Mersing district have been allowed to return to their homes.It said the number of evacuees in the state dropped slightly to 44,779 people as of 2pm yesterday, compared with 44,937 people recorded at 8am the same day.