The number of flood evacuees in Sabah and Sarawak continues to climb, while the situation in Johor improves, with 859 people displaced across the three states as of 4pm.
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood evacuees in Sabah and Sarawak continues to rise, while the situation in Johor is showing signs of recovery.
A total of 859 evacuees were recorded across the three states as of 4pm.
In Sabah, the number of evacuees increased to 619 people from 220 families.
This is up from 510 people from 164 families reported earlier in the morning.
The Sabah Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) said the increase was due to a rise in evacuees at four relief centres across three districts.
The affected districts are Beaufort, Kota Kinabalu and Kota Belud.
In Sarawak, the number of flood evacuees at the temporary relief centre at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bekenu in Miri rose to 213 people from 73 families.
This is an increase from 166 people from 53 families recorded earlier.
The Sarawak JPBN said the evacuees relocated to the centre are from several villages in the Bekenu area.
Meanwhile, the flood situation in Johor is improving.
The number of evacuees in the Segamat district dropped to 27 people from nine families.
This compares to 50 people from 15 families recorded earlier in the morning.
Johor Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) chairman Datuk Asman Shah Abd Rahman said only one relief centre remains in operation.
The centre at the Kampung Batu Badak community hall is still open.
The Kampung Tandong multipurpose hall relief centre was closed at 2pm after all evacuees returned home.
