KUALA LUMPUR: The flood situation in several affected states is improving as the number of flood victims in three states has reduced.
In JOHOR, state Health and Environment Committee chairman R. Vidyananthan said the number of victims housed at 50 relief centres as of 4pm Saturday was 3,770 people from 1,069 families, down from 3,872 individuals from 1,090 families recorded in the morning.
"Six relief centres were closed today, with four of them in Segamat, namely Balai Raya Kampung Awat Batu Anam, Sekolah Agama Mukim Jabi, Surau Kampung Lubuk Lanjut and Balai Raya Kampung Mensudut Pindah, besides Sekolah Agama Bukit Gambir and SK Sawah Ring in Tangkak," he said in a statement here. In MELAKA, State Malaysian Civil Defence Force director Lt Col Cuthbert John Martin Quadra said the number of flood victims had dropped to 369 people from 99 families this afternoon compared with 389 people this morning, with all of them housed at three relief centres in Jasin.
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