Slight drop in number of flood victims in three states March 7 evening

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood victims in three states has gone down slightly with 42,459 people placed at 235 temporary flood relief centres (PPS) on Tuesday (March 7) evening compared with 42,909 earlier in the morning.

In JOHOR, the total number of flood victims continued to decrease to 39,315 people in nine districts at 2pm compared with 39,620 at 8am as more victims returned home.

"From nine districts, Batu Pahat is the most affected with 23,370 victims sheltered at 78 PPS; followed by Muar with 4,106 people and Segamat 3,620 people ," said the committee in a statement on Tuesday . In PAHANG, the State Disaster Management Committee secretariat reported that the number of flood victims this afternoon was 2,538 people, less than the 2,684 people recorded this morning.

In MELAKA, the number of flood victims in Jasin increased by one, with a total of 606 victims from 162 families as of 2 pm compared to 605 victims from 161 families at 8 am this morning.

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