KLANG: The number of Selangor residents evacuated ahead of an anticipated high-tide phenomenon has risen to 312 people from 75 families as of 6.30pm today.
So far, only three evacuation centres – two in Sabak Bernam district and another in Kapar – have been affected.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (SFRD) assistant director (operations) Mohd Sani Harul said the centre at Kapar’s Kampung Tok Muda community hall received 179 evacuees from 40 families, while centres in Sabak Bernam – Sungai Air Tawar community hall and Parit Baru community hall - received 111 and 22 evacuees respectively.
It is learnt that authorities have put 25 evacuation centres on standby mode to face any eventuality during the high tide phenomenon, which is expected to hit coastal areas of the Peninsula's west coast as early as tomorrow morning.
At Kampung Tok Muda here, evacuees include 19 toddlers aged below 2 and six senior citizens.
Some 80 officers from multiple agencies including the Armed Forces, the police, the SFRD, the Civil Defence Force and the Health Ministry were deployed at the hall to assist evacuees.