The number of flood victims in Selangor and Perak increased to 1,404 people from 374 families this morning, with temporary relief centres operating across multiple districts including Kuala Selangor, Shah Alam, Klang, Hilir Perak, and Manjung.

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood victims in Selangor and Perak continued to rise this morning, with 1,404 people from 374 families housed at temporary relief centres (PPS) in the two states, compared with 1,269 people yesterday.

In SELANGOR, the number of flood victims rose slightly to 1,206 from 316 families, who were placed at nine PPS, compared with 1,160 people from 338 families at 10 PPS yesterday.

According to the Social Welfare Department’s InfoBencana portal, as at 9 am, five PPS remained open in Kuala Selangor, namely Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Parit Mahang, housing 62 victims from 15 families; SK Desa Aman (623 victims, 150 families); SK Dato’ Maharaja Lela (148 victims, 51 families); SK Jaya Setia (77 victims, 26 families); and Sekolah Agama Batu Lapan Ijok (67 victims, 19 families).