KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood victims at relief centres (PPS) in Johor dropped to 3,118 people on Monday afternoon while in Sarawak, the number increased to 40 people.
Johor Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) chairman Tan Sri Dr Azmi Rohani said the victims, from 892 families, are putting up at 35 PPS in four districts – Kota Tinggi (1,251 people), Johor Baru (708), Pontian (625) and Kluang (534).
He said the flood situation in the Kulai district has improved and all the victims were allowed to return home as the flood water in their residential areas had receded completely.
In Sarawak, 40 people including 20 evacuated from Rumah Leo and Rumah Alice Jimmy in the Kanowit district have been placed at two PPS – Dewan Serbaguna Nanga Ngungun and Dewan Kompleks Sukan Kanowit.
"The order to open the second PPS (Dewan Kompleks Sukan Kanowit) was issued by Kanowit District Officer Jackline August at 11.30am,” said the Sarawak JPBN Secretariat in a statement, Bernama reported.
In Perak, the state's JPBN Secretariat said 31 people from nine families are still at the PPS at Sekolah Agama Rakyat Padang Serai as of 4pm on Monday (Jan 13).
They are from Kampung Padang Serai, Kampung Kasi and Kampung Pengkalan Damar in the Manjung district.
In Pahang, a PPS was opened at Balai Raya Kampung Jawa in Rompin to accommodate 152 victims (36 families) from Kampung Pantai 3 and 4, and Kampung Jawa, which were hit by floods caused by high tide and strong winds.
