THE situation in flood-affected areas of Penang continued to improve, with the number of evacuees dropping to 3,482 as at 6am today compared with 5,729 overnight.

A spokesman for the police flood operations room said the evacuees were being housed at 25 relief centres in Seberang Prai Utara and Seberang Prai Tengah.

“A total of 2,588 evacuees are at 13 relief centres in Seberang Prai Utara and 894 at 12 centres in Seberang Prai Tengah,” he said.

The weather in Penang today is fine, he added.

Bernama conducted checks and found out that people were cleaning their houses with the help of volunteers.

Several expressed hopes that more volunteers would help them as their houses were filled with mud and sediment.

Penang was hit by floods following gale-force winds and heavy rain that struck the state beginning Saturday, prompting Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to appeal for federal assistance.

The floods claimed seven lives, damaged property and uprooted trees in several areas. – Bernama, November 8, 2017.