ALOR SETAR: A total of 192 flood victims from 67 families remain at four temporary relief centres across Kedah as of 4pm on Monday (Oct 26), with evacuee numbers continuing to climb in the Yan district.
According to the Kedah Disaster Management Committee secretariat, overall evacuee figures statewide decreased slightly from 224 people from 74 families recorded at 8am.
However, Yan remains the hardest-hit district, accounting for 176 victims from 61 families across three active relief centres. SK Teroi sheltered 101 people from 29 families, SJK(C) Pei Eng accommodated 45 people from 23 families, and Dewan Lestari Guar Chempedak housed 30 people from nine families. All three centres recorded an upward trend in evacuee numbers following flooding in Kampung Teroi Bukit and Kampung Titi Teras.
In the Pendang district, 16 evacuees from six families affected by flooding in Kampung Tanjung Setol remain sheltered at Dewan KEDA Tanjung Setol, where numbers are also rising. Meanwhile, conditions improved in Kuala Muda, where the relief centre at Surau As Saadiah officially closed at 3pm after all displaced residents returned home.
On river levels, the Drainage and Irrigation Department reported that five water-level monitoring stations remained above their respective thresholds as of 2.45pm. Sungai Anak Bukit at Taman Aman and Sungai Pendang in Pendang stayed above warning levels with rising trends. Conversely, water levels were falling at alert-level stations at Kampung Padang Pasir, Ampang Jajar and Sungai Titi Kerbau at Kubur Panjang.
MetMalaysia had earlier issued a thunderstorm warning at 1.15pm covering Baling, Padang Terap and Sik.
