Flood situation in East Coast worsening, 42,626 victims evacuated

by **hlk** Fri 06 Dec 2013, 12:15

Business & Markets 2013
Written by Bernama
Friday, 06 December 2013 12:00
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KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): The flood situation in the East Coast of the
peninsula has worsened with the number of victims evacuated to the relief
centres reaching 42,626 this morning from 37,136 last night.
Pahang is the worst affected during this monsoon season with 34,235
evacuees still at the relief centres in eight districts, namely Kuantan, Pekan,
Rompin, Maran, Jerantut, Lipis, Temerloh and Bera as at 9am today.
A spokeman for the flood operations room at the state police contingent
headquarters said until this morning, several main roads were still closed to
traffic after the roads were inundated up to more than a metre, among them at
KM28 Jalan Sungai Lembing-Kuantan, KM72 Jalan Kuantan-Segamat and
KM62 Jalan Kuantan-Rompin.
"Kuantan still records the highest number of evacuees with 27,391 housed at
48 relief centres," he told Bernama.
In Rompin, 2,865 flood victims are at 14 relief centres, Pekan 3,218 (at 18 18
relief centres), Maran 49 (six), Jerantut 451 (11), Lipis 33 (two), Temerloh 167
(five) and Bera 61 (five), the latest to be affected with the victims evacuated at
6am today.
In KELANTAN, the number of flood evacuees in six districts rose to a total of
2,339 at 9am today from 2,078 last night, according to the state government's
official portal.
In Rantau Panjang, the number of evacuees reached 1,345 who are now
housed at 10 relief centres, while in Kuala Krai the 506 evacuees are placed at
five relief centres. However, the number is expected to drop with the improving
weather .
In Tanah Merah, the 222 evacuees are at 10 relief centres, the 219 in Pasir Puteh at three relief centres and eight in Tumpat at one relief
centre.
With improved weather since yesterday, the water levels in several rivers are subsiding, but the water level in Sungai Golok at Rantau
Panjang is at 10.34 metres, above the danger level of nine metres.
No main road has been closed to traffic and no loss of lives reported so far due to the floods while the weather now is clear.
In TERENGGANU, the number of flood victims remained at 6,052 from 1,559 families since last night.
According to the National Security Council's (MKN) portal, the affected ares in Terengganu are Kemaman, Dungun, Setiu, Marang and
Hulu Terengganu.
As at 8am today, Kemaman recorded 2,372 flood evacuees from 595 families, Dungun 2,668 (670 families), Hulu Terengganu 844 (242
families), Setiu 99 (32 families) and Marang 63 (18 families).
The 82 flood relief centres still operating comprise 31 in Kemaman, 29 in Dungun, 13 in Hulu Terengganu and four each in Marang and
Setiu.
In MELAKA, Sungai Kesang which overflowed, forcing 25 villagers from Kampung Parit Penghulu in Sungai Rambai, Jasin to be
evacuated to a relief centre on Wednesday, is now below the alert level.
Melaka MKN assistant secretary, Major Jafri Mohamed said that as at 9.30am today, the victims from five families were still housed at
Sekolah Kebangsaan Parit Penghulu.
"As a precautionary measure, they are not allowed to go home yet due to the overcast skies today," he said, adding that the water level in
Sungai Kesang was now at 3.04 metres.