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Flood evacuees rise again in Johor, drop in Pahang

07 Mar 2023 10:22pm
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KUALA LUMPUR - The number of flood evacuees in Johor rose again to 40,008 people as of 8 pm tonight compared to 39,315 people this evening after Batu Pahat registered an increase.

Meanwhile, things are getting better for Pahang as evacuees dropped to 2,268 people compared to 2,538 this evening.

In JOHOR, 11,383 families are being housed in 200 relief centres in eight districts after floods receded in Johor Bahru. Batu Pahat is the worst affected district with 27,289 people at 89 centres, followed by Muar with 4,079 people (21 centres) and Tangkak 2,491 people (22 centres). Also, the water levels of 11 rivers still exceed danger level, including Sungai Batu Pahat at Bekok dam (Batu Pahat) with 20.19 metrs (m); Sungai Muar in Bukit Kepong (Muar) at 5.46m and Sungai Muar in Lubok Kepong (Segamat) at 18.63m.

Di PAHANG, 2,255 people from 653 families remain at 15 centres in Rompin, with another 13 from two families in a centre in Maran.

In MELAKA, the situation remained unchanged with 606 people from 162 families in five centres in Jasin as of 8 pm. From the total, 211 people from 56 families are at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Batu Gajah, 146 people from 35 families are at SK Parit Penghulu; 88 people (22 families) at SK Seri Mendapat; 99 people (25 families) at SK Sungai Rambai and 62 people (24 families) at SK Parit Gantong. - BERNAMA
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