Floods: Number of evacuees rises in Perak


IPOH: The number of flood evacuees in Perak rose Friday (Sept 22) morning with 129 people from 48 families being housed at three temporary relief centres in the districts of Taiping, Selama and Batang Padang.

The state disaster management committee secretariat said in a statement that two newly-opened relief centres were at SK Sungai Jernih, Selama, housing 34 people from 14 families; while 38 people from 16 families were at the Kampung Klah Community Hall in Sungkai.

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