KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood victims housed in temporary relief centres in Selangor swelled on Tuesday night (Dec 19) while the number of evacuees in Kelantan and Perak fell.
In Selangor, according to the Welfare Department Disaster Info portal, the total number of flood victims rose to 25 people from eight families as of 9 pm Tuesday compared with 14 individuals from five families in the morning.
All the victims were relocated to the temporary relief centres at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah in Kuala Selangor, which was opened on Monday (Dec 18).
In Kelantan, the number of victims dropped to 3,240 people from 992 families as of 8 pm on Tue,sday compared to 5,087 people from 1,592 families this morning.
According to the portal, all 10 temporary relief centres that were opened were in the Pasir Mas district.
The 10 temporary relief centres are in SK Gual Tinggi, SK Gual To’Deh, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Gual Periok, SMK Baroh Pial, SK Kedai Tanjong, SK Gual Periok, Madrasah Tasek Bakong, Masjid Mukim Padang Licin, SK Sri Kiambang and SMA (Agama) Pohon Buluh.
In Perak, the total number of victims at the temporary relief centres in Dewan Serbaguna Padang Tembak, Teluk Intan, fell slightly to 64 people from 17 families as of 8 pm Tuesday compared to 65 victims from 18 families this morning.
Perak Civil Defence Force (APM) Disaster Management Committee secretariat announced the flood-affected areas remained in Batu 9, Lorong Kedah, Lorong Belakang Klinik, Lorong Sidang Osman, Batu 7, Batu 8, Lorong Imam Khairi and Lorong Mesra. – Bernama
