Floods: Slight increase in number of evacuees in three states as at noon, says Nadma

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood evacuees, housed in six temporary evacuation centres in the three states, has increased slightly to 280 people, as at noon on Wednesday (Jan 17), compared with 278 people reported in the morning.

According to the latest disaster report issued by the National Disaster Management Agency's (Nadma) National Disaster Command Centre, out of the total, 80 of them are from 22 families in Johor who are taking shelter in three relief centres, which includes 65 people from 19 families in two centres in Segamat and 15 people from three families in a centre in Batu Pahat.