Flood evacuees in Selangor are being placed at five temporary relief centres in Kuala Selangor. (Bernama pic)KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood evacuees in Selangor increased to 848 people from 236 families this afternoon.

According to the social welfare department's (JKM) InfoBencana portal, all the evacuees were housed at five temporary relief centres (PPS) in Kuala Selangor as of 4pm today, compared with 583 people yesterday evening.

Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Dato' Maharaja Lela hasthe highest number of evacuees at 412, followed by SK Parit Mahang (241), Sekolah Rendah Agama Bukit Kuching (105), Sekolah Agama Batu 8 Ijok (77) and SK Jaya Setia (13).

Meanwhile, 20 evacuees affected by a landslide on Oct 29 remained at the PPS at Balai Raya Kampung Kenanga in Gombak.