Number of flood victims down 12% in three states – Bernama

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The scene last week in Kota Baru at one of the man evacuation centres. More such centres have ben closed following the drop in the number of evacuees. – The Malaysian Insider pic, January 6, 2015.The number of victims staying at the flood evacuation centres in the three states that are still affected by the floods tonight dropped by 12% to 27,181 compared with 30,891 this afternoon.In Pahang, the number of flood victims dropped to 18,171 compared with 20,619 victims  the afternoon who were staying at 94 evacuation centres in six affected districts.According to the Flood Operations Room of the Pahang Contingent Police Headquarters, the Pekan district was still accommodating the most number of victims at 9,961 followed by Temerloh (3,010), Maran (2,779), Kuantan (1,127), Bera (731) and Jerantut (563).Meanwhile, in Perak, three evacuation centres had been closed, leaving 28 centres still operating in five affected districts, namely Hulu Perak, Kuala Kangsar, Perak Tengah, Manjung and Hilir Perak.A spokesman of the National Security Council (NSC), said the number of victims in the state dropped to 4,956 from 1,385 families compared with 5,488 victims from 1,552 families this afternoon.The number of victims in Perak Tengah dropped to 3,834, in Hulu Perak (594), Hilir Perak (304), Manjung (160) and Kuala Kangsar (64).In Kelantan, the state NSC spokesman said the number of victims dropped to 4,054 from 4,784 this afternoon in four districts namely Kuala Krai (1,817), Gua Musang (1,662), Tanah Merah (387) and Machang (188). – Bernama, January 6, 2015.