Floods: Situation in Batu Pahat continues to improve, only 419 evacuees remain at PPS

Volunteers cleaning up a multi-purpose hall that was affected by the floods in Batu Pahat.

JOHOR BARU: Another nine families affected by the floods in Batu Pahat have returned home in the past 12 hours as at 8am Friday (March 24).

The Johor Disaster Management Committee said the number of flood evacuees in the district continued to dip wtih 419 people from 113 families at temporary relief centres (PPS) as at 8am Friday, compared to 439 victims from 122 families recorded at 8pm Thursday (March 23).