The flood situation in Johor and Kelantan continues to improve this morning, with the number of evacuees at the relief centres dropping, but the situation in Terengganu has not changed.

The number of flood evacuees in Terengganu remains at 14,609 from 3,195 families, with Kemaman district recording the highest number at 13,336 from 2,852 families, followed by Dungun with 1,251 from 235 families and Marang 28 from eight families.

According to the National Security Council’s portal, 41 flood relief centres comprising 37 in Kemaman, three in Dungun and one in Marang were still operating as at 9am today.

The Drainage and Irrigation Department reported that the water level in most of the main rivers in Terengganu was at the alert level.

Meanwhile, the Public Works Department reported that the Kuala Terengganu-Kuantan road at the 5th milestone, near a polytechnic and Bukit Bauk, Dungun was inundated by flood waters and closed to light vehicles following heavy rain since last night.

In PAHANG, the number of flood victims has dropped to 12,579 this morning from 31,093 last night.

A spokesperson for the flood operations room, state police contingent headquarters, said as at 9am today, there were still 2,480 families at 111 flood relief centres in eight affected districts in the state.

“Kuantan still has the biggest number of evacuees at 6,454, housed at 21 relief centres,” he told Bernama today.

In Pekan, there were still 3,408 evacuees at 36 relief centres, Temerloh 1,233 (19), Maran 724 (15), Jerantut 433 (nine), Bera 267 (seven), Rompin 33 (two) and Lipis 27 (two).

At the moment, only one road at Km14 Temerloh-Triang is still closed to all traffic.

In JOHOR, seven flood relief centres are still operating in Segamat but the number of evacuees has dropped to 273 (64 families) from 303 (72 families) last night.

The relief centres are the Kampung Sanglang community hall, Kampung Tandong community hall, SK Kampung Spang Loi, Gemereh IV community hall (Batu Badak), Kampung Gemereh III community hall, Pogoh 2 community hall and Sekolah Agama Kampung Kuala Paya.

- Bernama