IPOH, May 11 — A total of 65 people from two districts in Perak were evacuated last night due to floods, following a downpour.
A spokesman at the Perak Fire and Rescue Department said 15 of them, involving three families in Kampar, were evacuated to the relief centre at Dewan Tebing Tinggi, Malim Nawar.
The remaining 50 evacuees are from the Larut Matang and Selama district and they were being accommodated at three relief centres, namely Sekolah Kebangsaan Changkat Ibol (16 people), Dewan Batu 8, Changkat Jering, Taiping (22) and Masjid Batu 8 Changkat Jering (12), he said.
Meanwhile, Changkat Jering assemblyman Ahmad Saidi Mohamad Daud said 15 more families were also evacuated to the relief centre at Surau Kampung Paya, Bukit Gantang because of the floods.
“Heavy rain since 2pm yesterday caused the water in Sungai Bukit Gantang to spill its banks and overflowed into Kampung Paya, causing the village to be submerged in 0.5 metre to 1 metre of water,” he said, when contacted here. — Bernama
