KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,084 flood victims were taking shelter at temporary relief centres in three states as of 8pm today.
A check of the Welfare Department’s InfoBencana portal found that the victims were housed at 12 relief centres in Selangor, Perak and Sarawak.
Selangor recorded the highest number of evacuees, with 694 people from 190 families at seven relief centres across four districts — Kuala Selangor, Hulu Langat, Gombak and Sabak Bernam.
In Perak, 383 victims from 116 families were taking shelter in Larut, Matang and Selama, as well as Hilir Perak.
Sarawak recorded seven evacuees from one family at a relief centre in Miri.
Of the total, there were 359 adult women, 334 adult men, 206 boys, 164 girls, 16 male infants and five female infants.
The evacuees also included 52 elderly men and 52 elderly women, as well as 16 male and 10 female persons with disabilities.