THE situation in flood-hit areas in Perak has improved further with a drop in the number of evacuees this morning while that in Kelantan, Terengganu, Sarawak and Sabah remained unchanged.

IN PERAK, the State Disaster Management Committee secretariat said the number of evacuees decreased to 35 from six families, from 42 from eight families last night.

IN KELANTAN, the number of evacuees at two relief centres in Pasir Mas remained at 31 from 12 families this morning, according to the infobencanajkmv2.jkm.gov.my website.

IN TERENGGANU, the State Disaster Management Committee secretariat said 53 people from 12 families remained at the relief centre at Kampung La Mosque in Besut.

IN SARAWAK, the number of evacuees remained unchanged at seven, who were placed at Dewan Masyarakat Kampung Lutong in Sebuyau.

IN SABAH, the number of evacuees in Kota Belut remained at 135 from 56 families – 62 people from 26 families being housed in Dewan SK Pekan and 73 people from 30 families at Dewan SJKC Chung Hwa.

There is also no change in the number of residents evacuated due to the king tide phenomenon with 1,454 from 298 families. They are housed in relief centres in Sandakan and Pitas. – Bernama, December 28, 2022.