KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood victims in Perak at temporary evacuation centres has decreased, while the number in Selangor has increased slightly by Monday evening (Dec 8) compared to Monday morning.
In PERAK, the total number of flood victims dropped to 487 people from 140 families who were still sheltered in six evacuation centres involving the districts of Hilir Perak, Manjung, and Bagan Datuk, compared to 613 people from 174 families on Monday morning.
The Perak State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat informed that the Hilir Perak district recorded the highest number of victims, with 188 people from 50 families in three evacuation centres, followed by Manjung, which houses 157 people from 45 families in two centres, while 142 people from 45 families are still sheltered at the Dewan Kompleks Belia dan Sukan Bagan Datuk evacuation centres.
All flood victims housed at these centres for the past three weeks have not been allowed to return home because their residences remain inundated.
Meanwhile, the secretariat also announced that the Dewan Serbaguna Kampung Sungai Rubana evacuation centres in Hutan Melintang, which housed 74 people from 19 families, were fully closed at 2:30pm on Monday (Dec 8).
In SELANGOR, the number of victims still at the evacuation centres were 51 people from nine families this evening, compared to 38 people from 12 families on Monday morning.
According to the Social Welfare Department Info Bencana website, the victims placed at the Dewan Serbaguna Komuniti Orang Asli Gombak evacuation centre are residents affected by a landslide incident caused by heavy rain in Kampung Orang Asli Batu 12, Gombak, last Wednesday (Dec 3). – Bernama
