KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — The number of flood evacuees housed at temporary relief centres (PPS) in Perak, Penang and Kedah rose to 5,806 people this morning from 4,743 last night.
Perak
In the Larut Matang Selama, Manjung, Kerian and Perak Tengah districts, the evacuee toll increased to 2,922 people (993 families) as at 8am, up from 2,806 (955 families) last night.
The Perak Disaster Management Committee secretariat said one more PPS has been opened, bringing the total to 26 centres currently accommodating victims.
Penang
There were 1,026 victims (279 families) this morning, compared with 928 people (252 families) last night, with all evacuees housed at seven relief centres.
According to the Social Welfare Department (JKM), four centres are in Seberang Perai Utara (SPU), two are in Seberang Perai Tengah (SPT), and one is in the Southwest on the island.
SPU counted the highest number of evacuees at 778 people (212 families), at SK Lahar Yooi, SAR Nyior Sebatang, Labuh Banting, and SK Padang Menora.
In SPT, 217 people (58 families) were moved to SK Guar Perahu and SMK Permatang Pasir, while in the Southwest, 31 evacuees (nine families) are housed at SK Tan Sri Awang Salleh.
Kedah
The number of evacuees continued to rise to 1,858 people (587 families) from 1,009 (312 families) last night. Six new PPS were opened, bringing the total to 14 so far, with Pokok Sena and Baling the latest districts affected.
“Four relief centres were opened in Baling — SK Siong, SK Seri Bayu, the old Dewan Tun Abdul Razak, and the Youth and Sports Complex — housing 251 people from 88 families.
“In Pokok Sena, one centre was opened at the Pokok Sena Multipurpose Hall, accommodating 85 people from 26 families,” a statement by the Kedah Disaster Management Committee read.
It said Kulim had the highest number of evacuees at 1,470 people (449 families) across eight PPS — including the Taman Sang Kancil surau, Kampung Paya Tok Betok hall, SMA Insaniah Jangkang and SJKC Khai Min.
“Three other temporary relief centres are the Sungai Karangan Community Hall, Kampung Padang Meha surau, and SK Merbau Pulas. Meanwhile, in Kuala Muda, 52 people from 24 families were relocated to SJKC Chong Cheng,” it said.
Meanwhile, the Public Infobanjir website issued a flood warning for Langkawi, predicting possible flooding in low-lying areas within a 5km radius of Sungai Melaka in Kampung Padang Mat Sirat between 4am and 6pm today.
“Four rivers in Kedah have exceeded danger levels — Sungai Pendang in Pendang (3.26m), Sungai Chepir in Sik (36.7m), Sungai Ketil in Kampung Bongor, Baling (60.8m), and Sungai Titi Kerbau in Pendang (7m).
“Two other rivers are at alert levels — Sungai Nawa in Pokok Sena (9.97m) and Sungai Anak Bukit at Taman Aman in Kota Setar (2.1m),” the website reported.
