KOTA KINABALU: The number of flood victims at five flood relief centres – including two that opened today – in three districts, rose to 514 from 143 families, as at 4pm.
Sabah State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) secretariat chief, Col Mulliadi Al-Hamdi Ladin said 346 victims from 82 families in the district of Kota Marudu were still at SK Taritipan, while 35 people were at the Damai Agricultural Training Centre’s hall, which was reopened today after closing on Jan 20.
Thirty-nine flood victims from 11 families in Paitan, a sub-district of Beluran, were still housed at the Kampung Binsulung hall.
In the district of Pitas, 35 victims from seven families were still at SK Salimpodon while another 59 from 18 families were at SK Rukom.
Meanwhile in KOTA BHARU, the number of flood victims in Kelantan dropped to 10,126 from 2,846 families as at 5pm, from 11,654 (3,300 families) at 1pm.
Based on the Social Welfare Department’s ‘Infobanjir’ application, all evacuees were currently housed at 57 relief centres in seven districts in the state.
A total of 5,113 people from 1,363 families were placed at 23 relief centres in Kota Bharu, and 2,520 from 689 families at 10 relief centres in Pasir Puteh.
In Pasir Mas, 19 relief centres were opened to house 1,785 victims from 600 families, while Bachok recorded 522 victims from 141 families at one relief centre.
Machang had 122 victims from 35 families in one centre, while the one in Tanah Merah housed 18 victims from six families.
Meanwhile, Kuala Krai had 46 people from 12 families at two relief centres.
Three relief centres in Tumpat, which housed 1,171 victims from 340 families this afternoon were closed after all the evacuees were allowed to return home in the evening.
According to Kelantan’s “ebanjir” portal, the water level at Sungai Golok in Rantau Panjang had risen to 10.16 metres at 5pm, compared to 10.06 metres at noon. The danger level for the river is at 9.0 metres.
In TERENGGANU, the flood situation continued to improve with the number of flood victims declining to 1,470 as at 6pm from 2,917 at noon.
There were 28 relief centres still operating and housing 427 families in five districts in the state.
In Besut district, there were only 387 evacuees (from 92 families) left at five relief centres as at 6pm from 735 (170 families) at noon.
In Setiu, only 179 flood victims (41 families) were still housed at four relief centres from 836 (217 families) at noon.
The flood situation in Hulu Terengganu improved a little, with 666 victims (240 families) in the evening compared to 1,203 (431 families) at noon.
In Dungun, the number of evacuees remained at 34 (10 families) at four relief centres.
However, in Kemaman, there was a slight increase to 204 evacuees (44 families) from 109 (26 families) earlier.
The Drainage and Irrigation Department through its publicinfobanjir.water.gov.my website, reported that only one river, Sungai Dungun at Kuala Jengai was above the danger level with a reading of 23.07 metres, but still a drop from 23.34 metres at noon today (danger level is at 21.00 metres).
Three rivers in three districts which recorded readings above their danger levels at noon were now just above the warning levels.
The three rivers are Sungai Telemong at Kuala Ping in Hulu Terengganu, Sungai Nerus at Kampung Langkap in Setiu and Sungai Tebak in Kemaman. - Free Malaysia Today
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