KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 (Bernama) — As at noon today the number of flood victims in Kelantan decreased by 918 to 14,706 from 15,624 recorded this morning.
Pahang too recorded a slight decrease from 1,586 to 1,556 this afternoon while in Terengganu the total number has increased from 8,591 this morning to 9,098 recorded this afternoon.
According to the Kelantan state government portal, victims are now housed in 99 centres compared to 108 centres in eight districts this morning.
The relief centres in Jeli and Gua Musang are now closed as water has receded.
In Pasir Mas, evacuees had decreased slightly from 7,595 this morning to 7,548 and they are currently housed in 32 centres.
The number of victims in Kuala Krai also decreased, from 2,629 to 2,459 and victims are now housed in 13 centres instead of 14 this morning.
In Tanah Rata, the number of victims dropped from 1,429 in the morning to 775, and victims are now in 15 centres instead of 22 centres this morning.
Machang saw a slight decrease from 1,316 to 1,301 victims in 21 centres instead of 22 centres this morning.
In Kota Baharu, the number of victims increased from 1,280 to 1,399 in the afternoon and the relief centres had increased from nine to 10 centres.
In Pasir Puteh, the number of victims decreased from 686 to 619 and are currently housed in four centres. In Bachok the number of victims remained at 60 and in Tumpat too the number remained the same with 545 victims housed in three relief centres.
As at 12 noon, the water levels in four rivers dropped but remained at the danger level. Sungai Golok in Rantau Panjang was at 10.47 metres, above the danger level of 9.00 metres.
The water level in Sungai Kelantan at Tambatan Raja, Kota Baharu was at 5.21 metres (danger level – 5.00 metres); at Tangga Krai, Kuala Krai 25.41 metres (danger level – 25 metres) and Jambatan Guillemard, Tanah Merah recorded 17.08 metres (danger level – 16.00 metres). The weather is cloudy with intermittent rain.
PAHANG recorded a slight decrease in number of victims from 1,586 recorded this morning to 1,556 at noon today.
Kuantan district police chief ACP Abdul Aziz Salleh said, a relief centre at Sekolah Kebangsaan Kempadang which housed 35 victims was closed this morning when evacuees returned to their homes at PPRT Kempadang.
“However, a new relief centre is now opened in Kampung Semangat Community Hall to house five evacuees from the village.
“Five other centres are the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Pandan housing 883 evacuees from Kampung Pandan 2, Cendering and Lubuk Kayu; Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Fakeh Samad housing 320 evacuees from Taman Tas Jaya; SMK Gudang Rasau housing 209 evacuees from Kampung Gudang Rasau; Seri Damai Community Hall housing 91 evacuees from Kampung Seri Damai and Pusat Bina Insan Jaya Gading housing 48 victims,” he told Bernama.Presently all major roads are now opened to all vehicles and no flood-related accidents have been reported.
In TERENGGANU, Hulu Terengganu District has the most number of relief centres opened following non-stop heavy rains in the rural areas.
According to the National Security Council (MKN) portal as at 12 noon today, 37 relief centres were opened in Hulu Terengganu to house 3,066 victims.
At the same time, 25 flood relief centres were opened in Besut which now houses 2,232 victims.
Setiu had 22 relief centres housing 1,904 victims while in Kemaman 21 centres were opened to house 946 victims.
In Dungun, there were 20 centres with 950 victims. So far the total number of victims affected by floods in the state is 9,098 with 124 relief centres opened.
— BERNAMA
