KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9): The number of flood evacuees in Selangor more than doubled, while Perak recorded a slight improvement, bringing the total number of victims sheltering at six temporary relief centres in the two states to 1,002 as of on Monday afternoon.

In Selangor, the number of evacuees rose to 583 people from 163 families as of 3.40pm, compared with 215 people from 55 families in the morning.

According to the Social Welfare Department's (JKM) InfoBencana portal, all the evacuees were housed at four relief centres in Kuala Selangor, namely Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Dato' Maharaja Lela, which accommodated 326 people from 97 families; SK Parit Mahang (154 people, 36 families); Sekolah Agama Batu 8 Ijok (77 people, 21 families); and SK Jaya Setia (26 people, nine families).

The evacuees comprised 163 adult men, 184 adult women, 127 boys, 97 girls, seven male infants and five female infants, as well as 56 senior citizens and 11 persons with disabilities (PwDs).

In Perak, the number of victims in Hilir Perak declined slightly to 419 people from 124 families, compared with 439 people from 130 families on Sunday morning.

The State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat said 284 evacuees from 85 families were taking shelter at the Teluk Intan Municipal Council (MPTI) Rest House Hall, while another 135 people from 39 families were at the MPTI Langkap Hall.

Meanwhile, all 26 victims affected by a storm were allowed to return home at noon following the closure of the Manjung Community Hall relief centre.

Two rivers in Perak have also exceeded the danger level, namely Sungai Kinta in Tanjung Tualang, which recorded a reading of 12.52 metres, and Sungai Bidor in Changkat Jong (3.55 metres).

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