KUALA LUMPUR: The situation in flood-hit Johor and Sabah remained largely unchanged overnight.
In JOHOR, the number of flood evacuees in Batu Pahat dropped to 326 people from 109 families as at 9am Tuesday (April 8), compared to 334 people from 110 families recorded the day before.
State disaster management committee chairman Tan Sri Dr Azmi Rohani said the evacuees, from Kampung Baharu, Kampung Parit Bengkok, Kampung Parit Kaspan, Kampung Parit Samion, Kampung Parit Haji Salleh Ros, Kampung Parit Sri Muar, Kampung Sri Pandan and Kampung Parit Samijan, were being housed at SMK Seri Gading.
He said the level of Sungai Senggarang at the monitoring station in Senggarang, Batu Pahat has exceeded the warning point, with a reading of 3.26m.
"The Meteorological Department has issued a thunderstorm warning for Pontian, Kota Tinggi and Johor Baru," he said in a statement.
In SABAH, the state disaster management committee secretariat said the number of evacuees at SK Bukit Garam in Kinabatangan remained unchanged at 146 from 31 families from four villages in the district as at 8am. – Bernama
