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As of noon, 12,255 people from 3,771 families remain affected.

Number of evacuees seeking shelter in Johor, Sabah and Sarawak rises.

Some schools submerged, had access cut off, or converted to relief centres.

UPDATED 10.28AM | Areas affected include Beaufort, Membakut, Tenom, Sook and Keningau.

Keningau and Sook latest districts to be hit this morning.

309 still taking shelter at three relief centres in both states.

Existing flood mitigation system can no longer function effectively, the minister says.

PAS leader says latest floods show mitigation projects shouldn't have been scrapped.

More than 5k evacuees are currently housed in relief centres.

Nine PPS in the Bintulu Division are sheltering 4,492 victims.

Number of evacuees decreases in both states.

Safety is non-negotiable, they say.

UPDATED 11.10AM | Abang Jo announces an additional RM10m flood relief for S'wak.

CM says it's vital for alleviating hardships.

The sum is to repair infrastructure.

Bintulu has the highest number at 4,021, housed at six relief centres.

I will discuss further assistance with PM, he says.

Anwar also expresses sympathy to those affected in Sabah and Sarawak.

Bintulu MP stresses that his constituents can't be allowed to suffer such hardship again.

Several roads in Sabah have been cut off.

State govt previously disbursed RM1k aid to each household.

Deputy minister says there's a contingency operation in place.

52 people are taking shelter in Johor today compared to 26 yesterday.

Residents end up on 'staycations' in relief centres.