KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood evacuees in Selangor more than doubled, while Perak recorded a slight decline, bringing the total number of victims taking shelter at six temporary relief centres in the two states to 1,002 as of this afternoon.

In Selangor, the number of evacuees rose to 583 people from 163 families as of 3.40pm, compared with 215 people from 55 families this morning.

According to the Welfare Department's InfoBencana portal, all evacuees were housed at four relief centres in Kuala Selangor.

They comprised 326 people from 97 families at SK Dato' Maharaja Lela, 154 people from 36 families at SK Parit Mahang, 77 people from 21 families at Sekolah Agama Batu 8 Ijok, and 26 people from nine families at SK Jaya Setia.