Floods death toll now at 37, 10 still missing
A total of 37 deaths and 10 missing person reports were recorded at flood areas throughout Malaysia as of last night, said Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani.
From the total, five deaths were reported in the past 24 hours involving four adults and one child while two victims are still missing.
He said 68,341 flood victims from..
A total of 37 deaths and 10 missing person reports were recorded at flood areas throughout Malaysia as of last night, said Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani.
From the total, five deaths were reported in the past 24 hours involving four adults and one child while two victims are still missing.
He said 68,341 flood victims from 18,080 families were recorded at 396 relief centres (PPS) in seven states, with Pahang being the most-affected state at this time.
Apart from Pahang, the six other states involved are Perak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Kelantan and Negeri Sembilan.
In this regard, he said 137 roads were still closed due to floods so far involving four states with 120 locations in Pahang, two locations in Negeri Sembilan, three locations in Kelantan and 12 locations in Selangor.
Apart from that, based on information from the Department of Irrigation and Drainage, as of 2.30am, 23 locations at rivers were placed under danger and warning levels.
“The danger level involved 13 locations at nine rivers in Pahang, one each in Selangor and Johor and two in Kelantan,” he said in his daily media conference on Ops Banjir in Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam, today.
The rivers with warning levels were one each in Selangor and Johor and two each in Pahang, Kelantan, Malacca and Sarawak.
Acry Sani said police are still waiting for the post-mortem on the cause of death on fatalities reported in flood-affected areas.
“So far, we have not received any reports and if necessary we will need to provide more information and so far I believe the post-mortem is still in progress,” he said.
Asked why the death toll differs between the authorities and state government, he said every type of death must be reported to police in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act.
“Each death reported to police will be recorded as a statistic received… and a paper will be opened for each death called the Sudden Death Report,” he said.
He added that, so far, a total of 1,081 police officers and personnel as well as 880 civil servants who served with the Royal Malaysian Police were affected by the floods nationwide.
"Meanwhile, until two days ago, I received reports that seven police stations were affected by the flood disaster," he said.
- Bernama
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