Floods: Number of evacuees drops but more than 59,000 still at relief centres

KUALA LUMPUR: Up to 59,792 people were still at relief centres on Thursday (Dec 22) evening in five flood-hit states although the number of evacuees in Terengganu, Kelantan, Johor and Pahang saw a drop and that in Perak remained unchanged from Thursday morning's tally.

In TERENGGANU, where the number of evacuees is the highest, 33,942 people from 9,739 families were at the 256 relief centres in all eight districts - Kemaman, Besut, Dungun, Hulu Terengganu, Setiu, Kuala Nerus, Kuala Terengganu and Marang, according to the State Disaster Management Committee.