JOHOR FLOODS: 210 REMAIN AT RELIEF CENTRE

JOHOR BAHRU, April 11 (Bernama) -- The number of flood evacuees in Batu Pahat, Johor, remained unchanged at 210 people from 65 families as of 4 pm today.

State Disaster Management Committee chairman, Tan Sri Dr Azmi Rohani, said all evacuees are currently housed at the temporary relief centre at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Gading, involving residents from eight villages in the Sri Gading and Parit Raja areas.

He said the affected villages are Kampung Baharu Sri Gading; Kampung Parit Bengkok; Kampung Parit Kaspan; Kampung Parit Samion; Kampung Parit Haji Salleh Ros; Kampung Parit Sri Muar; Kampung Sri Pandan and Kampung Parit Samijan.

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“Sungai Senggarang in the Batu Pahat district is currently at warning level with a reading of 3.20 metres, while Sungai Batu Pahat has a reading of 2.30 metres.

“Meanwhile, all districts in the state experienced sunny weather this afternoon,” he said in a statement today.

Meanwhile, in SELANGOR, 873 individuals from 262 families remain at six temporary relief centres across Shah Alam and Klang, following flash floods triggered by continuous rain earlier today.

According to the Social Welfare Department’s InfoBencana portal, the evacuees are currently being housed at relief centres located at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Binjai, Dewan Azalea, Dewan Bakawali, Dewan Kenanga, SK Shah Alam Seksyen 16, and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seksyen 16.

Earlier, State Disaster Management Committee chairman Mohd Najwan Halimi reportedly said that the number of evacuees had peaked at around 1,000 this morning.

The current figure reflects a slight decrease in the number of evacuees still seeking shelter at the relief centres this afternoon.

-- BERNAMA