KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — The flood situation worsened tonight with the number of evacuees rising in Kelantan, Perak, Selangor, Kedah, and Perlis.
In Kelantan, there are 9,882 evacuees from 3,608 families at 40 temporary relief centres (PPS) in four districts: Kota Bharu, Tumpat, Bachok, and Pasir Puteh tonight, compared to 9,634 evacuees this afternoon while the water level of Sungai Golok had exceeded the alert level at two locations — 7.68 metres (m) in Bachok, above the alert level of seven metres, and in Rantau Panjang, at 7.81m.
In Perlis, the number of evacuees rose to 2,017 people from 594 families at nine PPS tonight, up from 1,497 this afternoon, all of them residents of Kangar, Arau, and Padang Besar.
In Selangor, the number of evacuees rose to 1,732 people from 474 families as of 8.30pm, up from 327 previously, and the number of PPS opened rose to 15 from eight at 3.30 pm.
The newly-opened centres include SRA Dusun Nanding, Kompleks Penghulu Batu 10, Balai Raya Kampung Melaka, Batu 9, all in the Hulu Langat district, along with SK Shah Alam, Seksyen 16, and SK Desa Aman in Kuala Selangor.
Eight rivers have exceeded their danger levels: Sungai Langat, Batu 12 in Hulu Langat at 42.4m, Sungai Langat in Jenderam Hilir (11.55m), Sungai Bernam in Hulu Selangor (20.29m) and Sungai Binjai in Meru (4.64m).
Meanwhile, in Perak, the number of evacuees rose to 1,786 people from 554 families at 20 PPS in Manjung, Perak Tengah, Hilir Perak, as well as Larut, Matang and Selama tonight, compared to 1,415 people from this afternoon.
Manjung has the highest number of evacuees, 996 people from 294 families in 12 PPS, followed by Perak Tengah (643 people from 219 families, six PPS), Larut, Matang and Selama (38 evacuees from 11 families, one PPS) and Hilir Perak (109 people from 30 families, one PPS).
In Kedah, there are 1,088 people from 344 families from Kulim and Kubang Pasu being housed in nine centres as of 8pm, while four rivers have exceeded their danger levels: Sungai Laka in Kubang Pasu (23.47m), Sungai Sintok in Kubang Pasu (44.59m), Sungai Titi Kerbau in Pendang (4.14m), and Sungai Sari in Padang Terap (28.82m), with three more rivers at warning levels: Sungai Perik in Padang Terap (13.92m), Sungai Melaka in Langkawi (3.39m), and Sungai Bata in Kubang Pasu (8.93m).
In Terengganu, the number of evacuees dropped to 129 people from 53 families in SK Kuala Besut, Besut, as of 8pm, compared to 205 people from 76 families as of 3pm, while in Penang, there are 385 evacuees from 103 families in four PPS tonight compared to 404 people from 104 families this afternoon.
SK Lahar Yooi in North Seberang Perai has the highest number of evacuees at 172 people from 49 families, followed by the Desa Puri PPS (107 people from 28 families), SK Pengkalan Jaya (56 people from 15 families), and SK Permatang Pasir in Central Seberang Perai (50 people from 11 families).
