Over 9,000 evacuated amid floods in six states

Over 9,000 victims had been moved to temporary relief centres in six states last night, including Melaka and Pahang, the two latest states to be hit by floods.

In Melaka, the state disaster management committee (SDMC) secretariat said 22 evacuees from eight families had been moved to three centres in Jasin and Alor Gajah, and 18 victims from six families from Kampung Bukit Balai, Kampung Pondok Batang and Kampung Bukit Asahan in Jasin transferred to SK Asahan at 4.30pm.

“Meanwhile, four victims from two families from Kampung Bukit Tambun and Kampung Gadek in Alor Gajah were moved to Balai Raya Bukit Tambun, also at 4.30pm. 

"The registration of evacuees at SK Chohong in Jasin is still ongoing after opening at 7pm today," it said in a statement.

In Pahang, a total of 293 people were affected by floods in four districts: Rompin, Jerantut, Pekan and Maran.

The Rompin district police, in a statement on Facebook, said 164 evacuees had been placed at three centres in Balai Raya Perwira Jaya, Balai Raya Kampung Rekoh and Balai Raya Bukit Ibam. 

The Jerantut district Civil Defence Force (APM) meanwhile said that a relief centre had been opened at SK Felda Kota Gelanggi 1 to house 77 victims after their homes were inundated when Sungai Siam overflowed its banks due to continuous heavy rain.

In Pekan, 45 flood victims were placed at Dewan Semai Bakti Felda Chini 1 after flood waters rose up to 1.2m while a family of seven was affected in Maran at Felda Jengka 6.

In Negeri Sembilan, state APM director Mohd Nazri Mes Kam said there were six relief centres open in Jempol, Tampin and Kuala Pilah as of 9pm, housing 145 victims from 40 families.

The six centres are Sekolah Agama Rakyat Felda Jelai 4, Balai Raya Pasir Besar and SK Gedok in Tampin, as well as SK Felda Palong 7 and SK Felda Palong 1 in Jempol and Dewan Desa Dangi (Kuala Pilah).

In Johor, the number of flood victims continued to surge from 7,981 at 4pm on Feb 28 to 9,162 as of 8pm, with Muar becoming the ninth and latest district to be affected by floods.

"Segamat is the worst affected area with 767 families evacuated to 30 relief centres, followed by Johor Bahru with 609 families at 11 centres; Kota Tinggi with 404 families at 17 centres; and Kluang with 409 families at 10 centres," the SDMC said in a statement.

Also affected was the Muar district with 179 families housed at nine centres; Kulai (190 families at six centres); Mersing (14 families at two centres); and Tangkak (five families in two centres).

Meanwhile in Sarawak, the number of flood victims in the Kuching, Bau and Siburan districts dropped to 127 from 34 families last night compared to 169 from 50 families in the afternoon.

According to the Sarawak SDMC, as of last night, three relief centres were still in operation: SJK Chuang Hua Batu Kawa in Kuching housing 80 victims from 19 families, Kampung Mundai multipurpose hall in Siburan (27 victims from seven families) and the Datuk Seri Mohammad Hamdan hall, Bau fire station (20 victims from eight families).

In Sabah, the SDMC said that 108 victims from 24 families were still at the Kampung Simpang Entilibon mini hall in Tongod.