KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — The flood situation in Selangor has fully recovered after the temporary relief centre (PPS) at SK Sungai Binjai in Meru, Klang was closed at 1.13pm today.
All the evacuees were allowed to return home, bringing the total number of flood victims still housed in PPS nationwide to drop to 148,024 people this evening compared to 152,377 this morning.
In Kelantan, there has been a drop in the number of flood victims, with 94,214 people from 29,264 families still placed at 264 PPS compared to 96,743 this morning.
The JKM Info Bencana portal states that Pasir Mas still has the highest number of victims with 29,846 people, followed by Tumpat (18,652), Kota Bharu (11,146), Pasir Puteh (10,673), Kuala Krai (6,099), Bachok (6,611), Machang (6,595), Tanah Merah (4,243), and Jeli (349).
Meanwhile, the infobanjir.water.gov.my portal recorded that only three major rivers still exceeded the danger levels compared to five earlier today: Sungai Golok in Rantau Panjang (10.93m), Sungai Golok in Tumpat (4.19m), and Sungai Semerak in Pasir Puteh (3.27m).
There is also a slight drop in the number of flood evacuees in Terengganu this evening, with 41,788 people from 11,274 families still sheltering in 294 PPS in all eight affected districts, compared to 43,281 people this morning.
The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the districts of Besut, Setiu, and Hulu Terengganu showed a drop in the registration of victims at PPS this evening while the other five districts — Dungun, Kuala Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Kemaman and Marang — recorded increases.
As of 3.30pm today, 10 monitoring stations — two each in Kuala Nerus, Marang and Hulu Terengganu, and one each in Kuala Terengganu, Dungun, Kemaman, and Setiu — water levels exceeding the danger level, according to a check on the InfoBanjir portal.
Earlier, while visiting flood victims at the SK Telaga Papan PPS in Setiu, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced an immediate additional RM25 million allocation for Terengganu to repair basic infrastructure like roads and culverts, including elevating road levels in Hulu Besut.
In Kedah, the number of flood victims dropped to 8,468 people from 2,603 families as of 4pm, compared to 8,754 people from 2,671 families this morning.
Kedah Civil Defence Force deputy director Major (PA) Muhammad Suhaimi Mohd Zain said that all evacuees from the seven districts have been placed in 52 PPS,
Kota Setar has the highest number of evacuees at 3,421, followed by Kubang Pasu (2,490), Sik (987), Padang Terap (743), Pokok Sena (614), Kuala Muda (182), and Baling (31).
Meanwhile, in a Facebook post, PLUS Malaysia said lanes in both directions of the KM32.1-KM33.2 along the Jitra to Hutan Kampung route are still closed due to floods, with south-bound traffic diverted to the Jitra Selatan interchange and north-bound traffic diverted to the Kepala Batas interchange.
In Johor, the number of evacuees dropped to 528 people from 139 families as of 4pm today compared to 592 this morning.
Its SDMC chairman Tan Sri Azmi Rohani said this comes after the closure of three PPS, namely SK Bukit Rahmat, Sekolah Agama Bandar, and SK Abdullah in Tangkak.
Three rivers — Sungai Muar in Buloh Kasap and Sungai Muar in Jeti Kampung Tekam, Segamat; and Sungai Tangkak in Kampung Seri Ma'amor, Tangkak — are reportedly at danger levels.
In Negeri Sembilan, the JKM Info Bencana website reported that the number of victims decreased to 1,561 from 419 families, who are all placed at nine PPS in the districts of Kuala Pilah, Tampin, and Jempol.
In Melaka, 238 evacuees are housed in four PPS in three districts — Melaka Tengah, Jasin, and Alor Gajah — as of 4pm today, compared to 302 this morning.
The Melaka SDMC Secretariat said that Melaka Tengah has 66 evacuees: Alor Gajah (14) and Jasin (158).
In Perlis, the flood situation continued to improve when another PPS, Dewan Warisan in Kangar, was closed at 3.30pm today, resulting in the number of flood evacuees dropping to 75 people from 18 families as of 4pm compared to 226 people from 62 families this morning.
In Pahang, the number of flood victims increased to 1,152 from 389 families, compared to 452 victims reported this morning, covering the districts of Raub, Jerantut and Lipis.
According to the Info Bencana portal, 25 PPS have been set up, with Raub recording the highest number of victims at 1,051, followed by Jerantut (77) and Lipis (24).
Infobanjir.water.gov.my reported that water levels at two rivers remained above the danger level, with Sungai Kechau in Kampung Dusun, Lipis showing a reading of 83.67m and Sungai Serting at the Padang Gudang Bridge in Bera at 31.52m.
Several main roads in the Raub district have also been closed to all light vehicles due to floods at Kilometre 344-KM342 of Jalan Kuala Lipis-Kota Bharu (Gali Lurul-Gali Hilir) and Jalan Cheroh-Gesing (Gesing bridge), according to the Raub district police headquarters.
The Sultan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has decreed that all mosques and suraus in the state perform special prayers after several states were hit by floods due to the northeast monsoon phenomenon.
His Royal Highness decreed that the special prayers be held after the Friday prayers and daily after the Maghrib prayers.
— Bernama
