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In JOHOR, Kulai district was hit by floods again, brining the number of affected districts back to 10 as the number of evacuees rose to 42,704 people as of 8 pm compared to 37,258 people at 2 pm. Segamat remained the worst hit district, with 13,292 evacuees from 3,888 families, followed by Batu Pahat (12,286 people from 3,558 families); Kluang (5,292 people from 1,543 families); Muar (3,862 people from 1,140 families); Kota Tinggi (3,257 people from 873 families); Tangkak (2,912 people from 866 families); Mersing (911 people from 264 families); Johor Bahru (517 people from 178 families); Pontian (327 people from 87 families) and Kulai (48 people from 11 families).
In PAHANG, the number of evacuees also rose tonight to 2,860 people at 23 relief centres compared to 2,388 at 21 centres this evening. Rompin still registered the highest number of evacuees with 2,496 people, followed by Temerloh with 306 people, while Maran and Bera are housing 29 evacuees each.
Meanwhile, floods have receded in Jerantut and the last relief centre closed at 6.30 pm.
The number of evacuees also rose in MELAKA, with 448 evacuees from 118 families at 8 pm compared to 380 people from 97 families at 2 pm. The evacuees are being housed in five relief centres, while the centre at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Chohong was closed at 3 pm.
