FLOODS in Kedah and Sarawak have fully receded while the situation in Sabah and Johor has improved, with Penang becoming the latest to be hit by floods.

IN KEDAH, Bandar Baharu civil defence officer Abdul Rahim Khairuddin said the sunny weather today made floodwaters subside quickly and allowed 35 victims from 11 families at the SK Relau temporary relief centre (TRC) to go home. 

IN SARAWAK, the state Disaster Management Committee (DMC) said the final two TRCs – at SK St Peter and Dewan Kampung Mundai in Serian – were closed at 2pm. 

IN SABAH, the DMC secretariat said at 2pm, only one TRC in Beaufort was still operating, housing 224 people from 63 families. 

IN PENANG, the number of flood victims at two TRCs in two districts remained unchanged at 59 this afternoon.

State Environment and Welfare Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said although the weather remained sunny until 1pm today, evacuees cannot go home yet as their houses have not been cleaned. 

“The TRC at Dewan Komuniti Kubang Menerong in North Seberang Prai district is still sheltering 38 people from nine families while in South Seberang Prai, the TRC at SK Bakap Indah is housing 21 victims from eight families,” he told Bernama.

Two TRCs were opened in Penang as at 2am today following heavy rain for more than two hours in several areas from 3.30pm yesterday. 

IN JOHOR, the number of evacuees dropped slightly to 819 at 4pm compared with 821 at 8am today. 

The Johor DMC said in a statement there were 793 victims from 224 families at five TRCs in Batu Pahat district, where floodwaters are stagnant.

In Segamat, 26 people from nine families are still sheltering at one TRC, it said.

Rain is expected in nine districts this afternoon, while the weather forecast for Muar is sunny. – Bernama, February 4, 2023.