KUALA LUMPUR: Heavy rainfall in several states yesterday evening had caused flash floods with more than 1,000 people evacuated to temporary relief centres (PPS).
In MELAKA, 590 other victims from 155 families were evacuated to nine PPS this morning, an increase from 493 victims from 130 families recorded last night.
Melaka Civil Defence Force (CDF) director Lt Colonel Cuthbert John Martin Qudra in a statement said evacuees were from Central Melaka, Jasin and Alor Gajah.
Of the nine PPS, three were in Central Melaka which house 257 victims from 60 families; three PPS in Jasin (182 victims from 48 families) and three other PPS in Alor Gajah (151 victims from 47 families).
In SELANGOR, 267 victims were evacuated to four PPS as of 5.30 am today after nine areas were inundated by flash floods yesterday.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Norazam Khamis in a statement said 200 of the victims were housed at Surau Abadi PPS; 17 at Kampung Salak Tinggi community hall; 12 at Bukit Tampoi PPS - all in Sepang, and 31 others were evacuated to Sekolah Menengah Dato Hamzah PPS in Klang.
He said seven other victims from two houses in Jalan Batu Bata, Bukit Kemuning in Shah Alam, however, chose to move into their relatives' houses.
In KEDAH, 162 victims from 39 families in Kuala Muda were evacuated to three PPS as of 8 am today.
Kedah CDF Head of Disaster Operation Capt Saifuddin Abdullah said the three PPS were at Kampung Bukit Belah community hall which was opened at 11.32 pm yesterday, Surau Taman Kenari at 1.30 am today and Al-Huda Mosque in Kampung Jerung which began operations at 12.30 am.
In NEGERI SEMBILAN, a relief centre was opened at Kampung Permatang Pasir in Port Dickson at 11.35 pm to house 25 victims from the flooded Darul Widad Centre.
State CDF director Lt Col Mohd Syukri Md Nor in a statement said the PPS at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Dato Mohd Said in Nilai was also operational to accommodate nine victims from Kampung Tanjung, while five others from Kampung Pedas, Rembau were taking shelter at their relatives' houses.
In PERAK, the continuous heavy rain had also caused 14 people from three families to be evacuated to the PPS at Sekolah Kebangsaan Sungai Temelok, Taiping at 3 am today.
They comprise 10 women and fur men from Kampung Sungai Temelok.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Thu Oct 21 2021
In Negeri Sembilan, a relief centre was opened at Kampung Permatang Pasir in Port Dickson at 11.35 pm to house 25 victims from the flooded Darul Widad Centre. - APM
Perkhidmatan komuter percuma sempena Program MADANI Rakyat Zon Utara
Langkah itu bagi memudahkan pengunjung di utara tanah air untuk datang memeriahkan program yang berlangsung tiga hari bermula Jumaat itu.
Nur Shazrin masih plilhan utama ke Paris - MSA
MSA tidak mahu menekan 'butang panik' selepas atletnya Nur Shazrin berdepan kemungkinan terlepas aksi di Sukan Olimpik Paris 2024 berikutan kecederaan berulang pada tangan kanannya.
PRK KKB: Jangan mengundi ikut emosi - Azalina
Sebaliknya, beliau berkata, pengundi perlu melihat kepada rekod perkhidmatan penyandangnya yang telah melaksanakan tugasnya dengan baik.
Microsoft labur AS1.7b di Indonesia untuk teknologi awan dan AI
Microsoft bakal melabur AS$1.7 bilion dalam tempoh empat tahun akan datang bagi pembangunan infrastruktur awan dan kecerdasan buatan di Indonesia, kata Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya Satya Nadella
Nadella sebagai berkata, pelaburan itu merupakan yang terbesar dalam sejarah 29 tahun Microsoft di negara itu.
Nadella sebagai berkata, pelaburan itu merupakan yang terbesar dalam sejarah 29 tahun Microsoft di negara itu.
Haiwan turut berisiko hadapi 'strok haba'
Gelombang haba yang melanda seluruh dunia memperlihatkan kesan jelas terhadap alam serta hidupan di muka bumi ini. Di Bangladesh misalnya, pengusaha-pengusaha kedai haiwan mencuba sedaya upaya untuk memastikan haiwan peliharaan di kedai mereka tidak mati dalam cuaca ekstrem ini.
Malaysia tewas 2-3 kepada Denmark pada aksi akhir kumpulan D
Malaysia dan Denmark masing-masing sudah pun melayakkan diri ke suku akhir selepas mencatat kemenangan 5-0 ke atas Hong Kong dan Algeria.
Fungsi JAKIM, Kementerian Perpaduan Negara berbeza - mohd na'im
Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Hal Ehwal Agama) Datuk Dr Mohd Na'im Mokhtar menegaskan fungsi Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) adalah berbeza dengan Kementerian Perpaduan Negara (KPN).
Sultan Nazrin dilantik pengerusi bagi tempoh dua tahun
Sultan Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Majlis Kebangsaan Bagi Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Malaysia (MKI) bagi tempoh dua tahun berkuat kuasa 9 Mac 2024 hingga 8 Mac 2026.
JKN Terengganu siasat dakwaan kes keracunan makanan
Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Terengganu sedang menyiasat dakwaan kes keracunan makanan selepas dipercayai menjamah sejenis kuih membabitkan beberapa individu termasuk kanak-kanak.
Remaja warga asing samun, menyamar pegawai polis ditahan
Polis menahan remaja lelaki pemegang kad Suruhanjaya Tinggi Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu bagi Pelarian (UNHCR) kerana disyaki terbabit dengan kegiatan samun dan menyamar sebagai anggota polis.