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The floods have struck Selangor and Perak as well, raising to six the number of states hit by the natural disaster.

The four other states are Kelantan, Johor, Sabah and Sarawak. Terengganu has just recovered from the fourth wave.

In Selangor, 152 people were evacuated from the towns of Sungai Besar and Parit Baru to two relief centres, Dewan Sri Bernam and Dewan Parit Baru, according to the Sabak Bernam district disaster operations room.

In Perak, the state disaster management committee secretariat reported that 334 people were evacuated to eight relief centres in four districts, namely Manjung (197), Larut, Matang and Selama (90), Hilir Perak (27) and Hulu Kinta (20).

In Johor, the number of evacuees had risen to 1,457 today from 177 yesterday.

- Bernama

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