{"id":6927,"date":"2020-11-22T11:48:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T03:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6927"},"modified":"2020-11-22T11:48:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T03:48:51","slug":"perak-flood-worsens-more-than-700-people-evacuated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6927","title":{"rendered":"Perak flood worsens, more than 700 people evacuated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IPOH, 22 Nov\u00a0— The flood situation in Perak is reported to worsen with more residents evacuated to six relief centers, from 319 people at 9 pm yesterday, to 736 people at 6 am today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesman for the State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat said the district worst affected is  Larut, Matang and Selama (LMS), with 569 evacuees at four relief centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the fourth relief centre, at Masjid Toh Paduka, Ijok, was opened in LMS at about 7 pm yesterday to accommodate\u00a0 364 evacuees from\u00a0 Kampung Bendang Luas, Kampung Teras, Kampung Masjid and Kampung Baru Gelugor.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The other relief centres in LMS are at Kampung Seri Ara Community Hall, with 55 evacuees; Sekolah Rendah Agama Rakyat Ngah Ibrahim, Matang (47 evacuees) and Dewan Semai Bakti Felda Ijok (103 evacuees), he said in a statement today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, in Kerian, there are 152 people being accommodated at  Sekolah Kebangsaan Parit Haji Aman, Bagan Serai, which was opened since last Friday after floods hit seven villages in the district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The affected villages included Kampung Tebuk Panchur,  Kampung Kg Alor Setanggok, Kampung Tanjung Bugis and  Kampung Parit Abu Hassan Ban. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said in Hilir Perak, 15 people from Kampung Belakang Kilang Kacang and Lorong Bendera 1, Kampung Sungai Tukang Sidin, were evacuated to the Dewan Majlis Perbandaran Teluk Intan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evacuation operation involved various government departments and agencies, including the Civil Defence Force, Fire and Rescue Department, police and the People\u2019s Volunteer Corps (Rela).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

— BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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