{"id":55233,"date":"2019-12-17T15:30:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T07:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=55233"},"modified":"2019-12-17T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T08:08:12","slug":"flood-update-situation-in-johor-improves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=55233","title":{"rendered":"Flood Update: Situation in Johor improves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17\u00a0(NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; The flood situation in Johor has seen some improvement, with more evacuees having returned to their homes while the situation in Pahang\u00a0has not changed much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In JOHOR, four roads in Kota\u00a0Tinggi, namely\u00a0KM\u00a059 Jalan Johor Bahru-Mersing;\u00a0KM80 Jalan Johor Bahru-Mersing;\u00a0KM42 Jalan Lok Heng-Mawai\u00a0and\u00a0Jalan Kota Tinggi-Mersing\u00a0are still closed for vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Mersing,&nbsp;Jalan Persekutuan Mersing-Johor Bahru&nbsp;route is still&nbsp;inaccessible,&nbsp;while one lane of Jalan Telok Arong&nbsp;opens for light vehicles only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As at 9 am today, a total of\u00a08,527 evacuees were still taking shelter at temporary relief centres (PPS) in the state compared to\u00a08,545 victims last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State Government, Urban Well-being and Environment Committee chairman Tan Chen Choon said Kluang recorded the highest number of evacuees with 2,632 victims followed by Kota Tinggi with 2,107. All of them were placed at&nbsp;89 PPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-pahang-1-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"55241\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?attachment_id=55241\" class=\"wp-image-55241\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-pahang-1-1024x769.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-pahang-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-pahang-1-768x577.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-pahang-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-johor-waves-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"55242\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?attachment_id=55242\" class=\"wp-image-55242\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-johor-waves-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-johor-waves-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-johor-waves-1-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-johor-waves-1-555x370.jpg 555w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-johor-waves-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-rain-and-children-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"55248\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?attachment_id=55248\" class=\"wp-image-55248\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-rain-and-children-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-rain-and-children-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-rain-and-children-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/flood-rain-and-children-555x370.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In PAHANG, Bera&nbsp;became the latest district to be hit by floods, resulting in&nbsp;25 people from six families being evacuated to PPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rompin&nbsp;recorded the highest number of victims at&nbsp;1,005 people from 261 families who were placed at seven PPS, followed by Raub with&nbsp;66 people from 22 families at three PPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flood situation in Temerloh has not changed with 23 people from four families&nbsp;still being housed at Kampung Paya Luas Community Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile,&nbsp;Pahang&nbsp;Civil&nbsp;Defence Force in a statement said three rivers in the state namely&nbsp;Sungai Kuantan, Pasir Kemudi&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sungai Belat&nbsp;in&nbsp;Kuantan&nbsp;and Sungai Pukin&nbsp;in Rompin were at the&nbsp;alert&nbsp;level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;NNN-BERNAMA\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17\u00a0(NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; The flood situation in Johor has seen some improvement, with more evacuees having returned to their homes while the situation in Pahang\u00a0has not changed much. 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