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Residents from Pekan Donggongon Penampang wade in flood waters caused by continuous heavy rainfall, January 17, 2021. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 The number of evacuees in Sabah has increased this morning, with no change in Johor, while the situation in Pahang and Sarawak continues to improve, with a drop in the number of flood victims recorded.
In Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Penampang, Putatan, Tuaran and Papar are the latest districts hit by floods this morning.
According to the Sabah Disaster Management Committee Secretariat, as at 8am today, the number of evacuees has increased to 176 people compared with 122 reported last night who were housed at seven relief centres (PPS) statewide.
Published on: Sunday, January 17, 2021
By: Bernama
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Kota Kinabalu: The number of evacuees in Sabah has increased this morning, with no change in Johor, while the situation in Pahang and Sarawak continues to improve, with a drop in the number of flood victims recorded.
In SABAH, Kota Kinabalu, Penampang, Putatan, Tuaran and Papar are the latest districts hit by floods this morning.
According to the Sabah Disaster Management Committee Secretariat, as at 8 am today, the number of evacuees has increased to 176 people compared with 122 reported last night who were housed at seven relief centres (PPS) statewide.
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In the five new districts hit by floods, 39 people were evacuated in Kota Kinabalu, Penampang (11) and Putatan (four) while no evacuees in Tuaran and Papar.
Number of flood evacuees in Pahang, Sabah, Sarawak down this morning 16 Jan 2021 / 10:38 H. Pix for representational purpose only. -Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The flood situation in Sarawak, Pahang and Sabah has improved this morning with the decline in number of evacuees, but in Johor, the number has remained the same as yesterday.
In SARAWAK the number of evacuees at relief centres dropped slightly to 4,247 people this morning from 4,343 last night.
The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee in its latest report informed that 51 centres are still operating in the six flood-hit districts since last Wednesday.
Kuching district still has the highest number of evacuees with 2,853 people in 33 centres, followed by Serian (1,068 in 10 centres), Samarahan (319 in seven centres) and Miri (seven at one centre).