Kuala Lumpur: The State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) said the situation in flood-hit areas continued to improve and the number of evacuees decreased to 1,664 from 651 families from 1,723 (673 families) last night.
The evacuees were being accommodated at nine relief centres in Pitas, Lahad Datu and Paitan.
In Pitas, 1,363 evacuees from 565 families were being housed at four relief centres, 259 (76 families) at four centres in Paitan and 42 (10 families) at one centre in Lahad Datu. One relief centre at Binsulung Mosque in Paitan had been closed as of Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, police are always ready to deploy additional manpower including from Bukit Aman to deal with the flood disaster, especially in Johor and Sabah.
However, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said for the time being, there was no requirement for additional manpower as the capacity of officers and policemen in the districts affected by the floods was still sufficient.
He said if the need arises, the police will deploy personnel from the state police headquarters first, followed by Bukit Aman.
“So far, only Johor and Sabah are still affected by the floods and the number of evacuees is decreasing,” he said.
Acryl Sani said the police received several new boats to be used during patrols and to assist other agencies in evacuating victims.
“If there is a need for more boats in flood-hit areas, we will apply to the government. However, the assets are still adequate. As we can see, the situation in several locations is improving, and we hope there will be no more continuous rain causing floods,” he said.
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