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KUALA LUMPUR – The number of flood evacuees in Selangor increased to 848 people from 236 families this afternoon.
According to the Social Welfare Department's (JKM) InfoBencana portal, all the evacuees were housed at five temporary relief centres (PPS) in Kuala Selangor as of 4pm today, compared with 583 people yesterday evening.
Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Dato' Maharaja Lela housed the highest number of evacuees at 412, followed by SK Parit Mahang (241), Sekolah Rendah Agama Bukit Kuching (105), Sekolah Agama Batu 8 Ijok (77) and SK Jaya Setia (13).
Meanwhile, 20 evacuees affected by a landslide on Oct 29 remained at the PPS at Balai Raya Kampung Kenanga in Gombak.
In Perak, the number of flood evacuees decreased to 348 people from 99 families, compared with 410 people from 114 families this morning.
The State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) Secretariat said 228 evacuees were housed at the PPS at Dewan Rumah Rehat Majlis Perbandaran Teluk Intan (MPTI), while another 120 were at Dewan MPTI Langkap, both in the Hilir Perak district.
Flooding in the Larut, Matang and Selama district had fully subsided, with the PPS at Surau Kampung Simpang Halt, which housed 39 evacuees, closed at noon today. –BERNAMA
