Floods: Number of evacuees drops in Pahang and Perak, up in Selangor, Kedah and Perlis


Teluk Intan resident Mazlan Md Zin, 45, carrying one of his goats to safety after floods hit Hilir Perak district late in the week. – BERNAMA filepic

KUALA LUMPUR: Pahang and Perak recorded a drop in the number of flood evacuees but there has been an increase in Selangor, Kedah and Perlis.

The Disaster Info portal of the Social Welfare Department reported that as of 9am Sunday (Oct 20), the number of flood victims in Pahang dropped from 363 people the day before to 187, all of them at one temporary relief centre in Temerloh.

Uh-oh! Daily quota reached.


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