A flood evacuation centre in the district of Serian, at the Gedong Community Hall which sheltered 260 victims from 82 families, was closed at noon today.

Sarawak Civil Defence Department public relations officer Siti Huzaimah Ibrahim said the evacuation centre was closed as the floods around the evacuation centre had receded and the victims could return to their respective homes.

She said that with the closure of the evacuation centre, only one relief centre at the Church of the Sacred Heart, also in the district of Serian, remained open.

“The evacuation centre at the Church of the Sacred Heart, which was opened at 10pm last night sheltered 51 victims from 14 families," she said.

- Bernama