FLASH floods have forced the evacuation of 461 people overnight to four relief centres in Kedah.

The evacuees, from 97 families, were moved to two centres in the Kuala Muda district and one each in Kota Setar and Kubang Pasu, said Captain Saifuddin Abdullah, the coordinator of the state Disaster Management Committee Secretariat.

He said 319 people from 67 families were moved to SK Bukit Kechil in Bukit Meriam, Kuala Muda, at 5pm yesterday.

“Thirty people from seven families were moved to the Kampung Jilid 8 hall in Bujang, Kuala Muda, at 8pm.

“Twenty people from four families are being housed at the Kampung Balai hall in Kuala Kedah, Kota Setar. They were moved there at 9pm,” he said in a statement today.

Saifuddin said a relief centre was opened at SMK Changloon in Temin, Kubang Pasu, at 11.30pm to house 92 people from 19 families. – Bernama, September 22, 2017.