Helping hand: The Air Unit of the Fire and Rescue Department delivering food supplies to Orang Asli communities cut off as a result of flooding. — Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,783 flood victims remain in temporary relief centres across three states, with the situation being monitored.
In Sabah, flood victims have slightly reduced but there could be some increase in Beaufort if the weather does not improve.
As of 4pm yesterday, over 1,200 from 420 families in Beaufort and Tenom remained in the centres while centres in Kota Belud and Kota Kinabalu have closed down with victims returning home.
According to the Sabah Civil Defence Department, the disaster status for Kota Belud and Kota Kinabalu has officially ended.
A total of 14 villages are still affected by floods which started over the weekend.
In Sarawak, the state disaster management committee (JPBN) reported that SMK Bekenu in Miri was sheltering 308 flood victims from 99 families, down from 332 people from 109 families.
In Johor, the flood situation has fully recovered following the closure of the last temporary relief centre in the Segamat district at 2pm yesterday.
State JPBN chairman Datuk Asman Shah Abd Rahman said the relief centre at the Kampung Batu Badak community hall, which had been operating since Dec 28, was officially closed after all evacuees were allowed to return to their homes.
Previously, flooding in Johor, particularly in Segamat district, affected several areas including Jementah, Buloh Kasap, Tenang and Pemanis.
Meanwhile, a RM36mil flood mitigation project in Rampayan, Sabah, is almost complete, unfortunately a recent flood hit hundreds of homes.
Darau assemblyman Azhar Matussin labelled it a failed project and questioned its planning, implementation and effectiveness.
He said although phase one of the project was nearly ready, villagers continued to suffer from floods whenever it rained.
Many villagers, he said, also claimed that the floods this time were the worst ever in the half decade they lived there.
“We also want to know why there was delay in the approval for phase two of the project, even with consistent flooding in the area,” he added.
