KOTA BHARU, Dec 5 — The number of flood victims in Pasir Mas dropped to 5,802 people from 1,813 families as of 2pm today, compared with 6,009 people from 1,952 families this morning.
According to the Social Welfare Department’s Info Bencana portal, all victims are currently housed at 13 relief centres in the district.
Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Sri Rantau Panjang (2) has the highest number of evacuees with 1,881 people from 629 families, SK Gual To’Deh has 813 people from 264 families and Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Baroh Pial has 720 people from 266 families.
A total of 590 victims from 108 families are sheltered at SK Gual Tinggi, while SK Sri Kiambang is sheltering 345 people from 107 families, Mukim Padang Licin Mosque has 320 people from 119 families, SK Gual Periok houses 269 people from 79 families and SK Lati has 223 people from 62 families.
Five other relief centres are Madrasah Tasek Bakong which is accommodating 210 evacuees from 55 families, SMK Gual Periok which has 153 people from 41 families, SK Chicha Tinggi which has 144 people from 45 families, SMK (A) Lati which has 80 people from 21 families and SK Kedai Tanjong which has 54 people from 17 families.
Meanwhile, the Public InfoBanjir portal reported that Sungai Golok in Rantau Panjang still exceeded the danger limit at 9.26m, compared with the normal level of five metres.
Two more rivers exceeded the alert level, namely Sungai Golok in Kuala Jambu, Tumpat with a reading of 2.28m compared with the normal level of 0.7m and Sungai Galas in Limau Kasturi at 56.29m compared with the normal level of 53m.
— Bernama
