JOHOR BARU: The number of flood victims in Johor dropped to 1,010 people this morning, from 1,020 people last night.
State Health and Environment Committee chairman Datuk Ayub Rahmat said the flood victims were from 269 families and they were being accommodated at 17 evacuation centres in Segamat, Muar and Tangkak.
A total of 683 victims (174 families) are at 14 evacuation centres in Segamat, while in Muar, there are 302 people (89 families) at two centres and in Tangkak, a centre remains opened to accommodate 25 people from six families, he said in a statement today.
Ayub said Jalan Felda Kemelah was still closed due to a landslide and also Jalan Kampung Sungai Pinggan in Pontian due to a bridge collapse.
Meanwhile in PERAK, the number of flood victims remained at 255 people at three evacuation centres as at 8am.
According to the Social Welfare Department's flood portal, 34 of the victims are in the Hilir Perak district and they are at the evacuation centre at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Sungai Kerawai.
A total of 208 others are at Sekolah Agama Rakyat Padang Serai in Manjung district, while the remaining 13 at Surau Padang Serai Dalam in the Larut Matang district.
In SELANGOR, only 199 people were still at relief centres as at 8am compared to 216 people last night.
They are at three evacuation centres in the Sabak Bernam and Sepang districts, said a spokesman at the Selangor Disaster Management Unit.
A total of 117 of the victims (27 families) are at the evacuation centre at Dewan Taman Gemilang and 77 people (20 families) are at Dewan Orang Ramai Kampung Ampar Tenang, both in Sepang.
The remaining five victims, from two families, are at the evacuation centre at Dewan Sri Bernam, Sungai Besar, in Sabak Bernama, he said when contacted by Bernama here. -- BERNAMA