TERENGGANU saw a drop in the number of flood evacuees as at 8am today while the situation in Kelantan remained unchanged overnight.

In TERENGGANU, the situation in flood-hit areas in the state improved, with the number of evacuees falling to 3,581 this morning compared to 3,619 last night.

The Terengganu State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) secretariat said Kuala Nerus still had the highest number of evacuees at 1,598 from 430 families housed at 15 relief centres, while Kuala Terengganu was next with 956 people from 279 families at five centres.

It said 732 people (183 families) were at six relief centres in Marang, 272 (60) at two centres at SK Kuala Besut and Balairaya Beris Tok Abu in Besut, and 23 (five) at SK Tok Kah in Dungun.

Meanwhile, river water at two main stations, namely Parit Utama in Padang Kemunting, Kuala Nerus and Sungai Tumpat in Kampung Baru Kemasik, Kemaman were at warning level while the level of Sungai Tebak at Tebak Bridge, Kemaman, was at alert point.

In KELANTAN, the number of flood evacuees as at 8.30am remained unchanged from the 373 from 96 families last night, all of them sheltering at six relief centres,.

According to the Social Welfare Department’s Disaster Info portal, 312 people were housed at four relief centres in Pasir Puteh, namely SK Dalam Rhu, SK Wakaf Raja, SK Sungai Petai and Dewan Kompleks Kamil.

In Bachok, 61 evacuees were staying at SK Jelawat and SMK Beris Panchor. – Bernama, November 23, 2023.