IPOH: Heavy rain since yesterday afternoon triggered flooding in Taiping and forced the evacuation of 395 people from 112 families as of this morning.
According to a statement by the Perak State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat, the victims are being housed at four flood relief centres in the district – the Kampung Bemban Nurul Hidayah Mosque (110 people), SK Temelok Trong in Kampung Temelok (200 people), Kampung Jawa Surau (28 people) and SK Batu Hampar (57 people).
Victims were directed to evacuate their homes in stages last night, as waters began to rise. — BERNAMA