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NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY
JOHOR BAHRU: Mangsa banjir di Mersing terus bertambah daripada 137 orang membabitkan 34 keluarga pada 12 tengah hari tadi, menjadi 240 orang terdiri daripada 70 keluarga.
Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Johor, Datuk Asman Shah Abd Rahman, berkata mereka yang terjejas banjir itu ditempatkan dia dua pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS) yang dibuka di daerah itu masing-masing pada jam 5 pagi dan 11 pagi tadi.
Beliau yang juga Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Bencana Negeri (JPBN) berkata, setakat jam 4 petang ini, kawasan yang terjejas banjir masih di Kampung Hubong dan Kampung Baru Air Tawar.
"PPS di Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Pusat Air Tawar menempatkan 129 mangsa daripada 35 keluarga yang juga penduduk Kampung Baru Air Tawar dan Kampung Hubong.
"Manakala, PPS yang di Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) Chiao Ching menempatkan 111 penduduk Kampung Baru Air Tawar yang terdiri daripada 35 keluarga," katanya menerusi satu kenyataan, hari ini.
Sementara itu, berdasarkan laporan Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (MetMalaysia), amaran hujan lebat berterusan kategori buruk dikeluarkan ke atas empat daerah di negeri ini iaitu Segamat, Kluang, Mersing dan Kota Tinggi, dijangka sehingga esok.
Manakala, amaran hujan berterusan kategori waspada dikeluarkan ke atas enam daerah lain di negeri ini, juga dijangka sehingga esok.
Sementara itu, sumber dari Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan Malaysia pula menunjukkan keadaan paras air sungai yang semakin baik apabila kini tinggal 12 sub lembangan membabitkan kira-kira lima sungai di Segamat, Tangkak, Mersing, Batu Pahat dan Muar berada pada aras air amaran dan waspada.
Hanya cuaca di Johor Bahru, Muar dan Mersing pula dilaporkan hujan setakat jam 4 petang, manakala Pontian, Kluang dan Batu Pahat yang dilaporkan mendung serta empat daerah lain dilaporkan cerah.
Pada masa sama, Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) pula mengeluarkan arahan berkaitan penutupan jalan yang terputus hubungan akibat terjejas banjir iaitu satu di Mersing dan dua di Kota Tinggi.
Jalan Johor Bahru - Endau Rompin, Mersing di kawasan Ladang Tenusu hanya membuka satu lorong sahaja untuk dilalui.
Manakala, di Kota Tinggi, Jalan Mawai Lama hanya dibuka bagi laluan kenderaan berat sahaja dan Jambatan Sungai Semalok dekat Jalan Lok Heng/Mawai/Sungai Mas dibuka hanya satu lorong sahaja.
GUA MUSANG, Dec 17 — A total of 278 heads of households (KIR), involving 1,093 Orang Asli from five villages in the district, have been affected by floods that have struck the area since last Sunday.
Kelantan and Terengganu Orang Asli Development Department (Jakoa) director Mohd Faedyzal Mohamed said the affected villages are Kampung Pasir Linggi, Kampung Machang, Kampung Kuala Koh, Kampung Aring 5 and Kampung Bering Lama, comprising residents from the Temiar, Bateq and Mendriq tribes.
He said that Kampung Aring 5 recorded the highest number of affected residents, with 83 KIR involving 343 people, followed by Kampung Kuala Koh with 58 KIR (221 residents), Kampung Machang with 55 KIR (187 residents), Kampung Pasir Linggi with 51 KIR (206 residents) and Kampung Bering Lama with 31 KIR involving 136 residents.
“In total, five villages have been affected by the floods, and the situation is being closely monitored by Jakoa to ensure the safety of residents,” he told reporters at Kampung Pasir Linggi, Pos Lebir, here today.
Mohd Faedyzal also advised the community to remain vigilant, given the current situation, and to comply with instructions from the authorities, as well as to immediately contact Jakoa in the event of an emergency during the disaster period.
Meanwhile, Kampung Orang Asli Pos Lebir Village Development and Security Committee chairman Jamlus Musa said that about 20 pupils have had to use boats to cross flooded areas to reach their school, Sekolah Kebangsaan Pasir Linggi, since last Sunday.
According to him, the main road to the village began to be flooded on December 14, with water levels reaching chest height, although the situation has improved with water levels receding since yesterday.
“Throughout the flood period, residents relied on a boat and two bamboo rafts to move around and carry out their daily activities,” he said.
Last Monday, the Department of Irrigation and Drainage issued a flood warning for five districts in Kelantan until this Friday, following forecasts of continuous heavy rain that could cause river levels to rise above the danger level.
The districts involved are Gua Musang, Jeli, Kuala Krai, Tanah Merah and Pasir Mas, covering low-lying areas within a five-kilometre radius of Sungai Kelantan and Sungai Golok basins. — Bernama
KUANTAN: Seramai 135 penuntut Universiti Islam Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah (UnIPSAS) dipindahkan ke masjid yang terletak di kawasan tinggi kampus selepas asrama mereka dinaiki air akibat hujan lebat berterusan sejak semalam.
Kebanyakan mereka adalah penuntut baharu yang mendaftar pada 6 Disember lalu, selain sebahagian lagi yang dibenarkan pulang ke rumah masing-masing oleh pihak pengurusan universiti mengikut prosedur ditetapkan.
Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Bencana UnIPSAS yang diketuai Pendaftar, Mohd. Faizul Abdul Hadi Nor selaku Ketua Komandan Operasi, digerakkan serta-merta dengan kerjasama Bahagian Hal Ehwal Pelajar dan Alumni (HEPA), pihak keselamatan serta Anggota Kerja UnIPSAS (AKU).
Naib Canselor UnIPSAS, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Zawavi Zainal berkata, langkah keselamatan awal turut menyaksikan penuntut terlibat ditempatkan di aras dua setiap blok asrama bagi mengelakkan risiko kenaikan paras air.
Menurutnya, Anggota Kerja UnIPSAS turut bertindak sebagai sukarelawan membantu operasi pemindahan, pengagihan bantuan dan pemantauan kebajikan penuntut.
Beliau berkata, kebajikan penuntut diberikan perhatian melalui penyediaan bantuan makanan dan keperluan asas hasil sumbangan Yayasan KOSMA, agensi kerajaan, pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) serta individu prihatin.
“Setakat ini, usaha bersepadu terus dipergiatkan bagi memastikan kampus UnIPSAS berada dalam keadaan terkawal, selamat dan kondusif, selain memantau perkembangan semasa daripada masa ke masa,” katanya.
Menurutnya, pihak universiti merakamkan penghargaan kepada semua yang terlibat dan mendoakan agar bencana banjir segera surut. – UTUSAN
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood evacuees housed at temporary relief centres in Johor and Pahang increased as of this afternoon, while Terengganu recorded a decline with the closure of three centres.
In JOHOR, State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) chairman Datuk Asman Shah Abd Rahman said 240 flood evacuees were taking shelter at two relief centres as of 4pm Wednesday (Dec 17), up from 120 people reported earlier Wednesday morning.
He said the relief centre at SJK (C) Chiao Ching in Mersing was opened at 11am and is accommodating 111 people from 35 families, while 129 people from 35 families are taking shelter at SK Air Tawar.
Three rivers have recorded warning-level readings, namely Sungai Muar at Kampung Awat with a reading of 19.63m and Sungai Muar at Segamat Kecil with a reading of 37.18m in Segamat, as well as Sungai Lenik at Ladang Chaah, Batu Pahat, which recorded 6.83m.
In PAHANG, the Social Welfare Department’s (JKM) InfoBencana portal reported that the number of flood evacuees had risen to 3,796 people from 1,206 families housed at 48 relief centres, compared with 2,077 people from 648 families at 18 centres earlier Wednesday morning.
Kuantan recorded the highest number of evacuees, with 2,889 residents accommodated at 31 relief centres, followed by Maran with 407 individuals in nine centres, Rompin with 317 people housed at six centres and Pekan with 183 evacuees taking shelter at two relief centres.
Meanwhile, the publicinfobanjir portal reported that seven rivers exceeded the danger level as of this afternoon, namely Sungai Belat at Sri Damai, Sungai Kenau at Sungai Rimau, Sungai Soi along Jalan Pekan-Kuantan, Sungai Lepar at Jambatan Gelugor, Sungai Kuantan at Bukit Kenau, as well as Kampung Sungai Puteri in Rompin and Sungai Mentiga at Jambatan Chini in Pekan.
In TERENGGANU, the State JPBN Secretariat said the number of flood evacuees continued to decline to 94 people from 25 families, compared with 108 people from 30 families recorded this morning.
All evacuees in the Kemaman district are currently taking shelter at three relief centres, namely the Kampung Air Putih Community Hall, Batu 14 Community Hall and Masjid Kampung Batu 16 Tebak.
Meanwhile, three other relief centres - Kampung Seberang Tayur Hulu Community Hall, Dandong Ketengah Hall and the Pasir Gajah relief centre - were closed this afternoon after evacuees were allowed to return to their homes.- Bernama
JOHOR BARU: A new temporary flood relief centre (PPS) has been opened in Mersing bringing the total number of PPS in the district to three on Wednesday (Dec 17).
The state disaster management committee said the centre at SK Labong was opened at 5pm to house 66 Orang Asli flood victims from 12 families.
“They are from Kampung Orang Asli Labong which was the latest village to be hit by flood in Mersing district," it said in a statement.
The other two centres opened earlier Wednesday were SK Pusat Air Tawar and SJKC Chiao Ching when flood water started to hit Mersing at midnight.
The other three villages affected by the flood were Kampung Baru Air Tawar, Kampung Hubong, Kampung Belukar Juling and Kampung Semaloi.
The statement said the number of flood evacuees housed at the three PPS had risen to 317 victims from 87 families as of 8pm, compared with 266 people from 78 families at 6pm.
“Two rivers have exceeded the dang levels namely Sungai Muar at Segamat Kecil with the readings at 36.87m (dang level 36.70m) and Sungai Lenit at Ladang Chaah, Batu Pahat at 7.02m (danger level at 7.0m)," it said.
The other two rivers are on warning levels – Sungai Muar at Kampung Awat, Segamat at 19.53m (danger level at 19.95m) and Sungai Lenit Ladang Chaah, Batu Pahat at 6.83m with the danger level at 7.0m.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a continuous heavy rain and thunderstorm warning for Segamat, Kluang, Mersing and Kota Tinggi until Thursday (Dec 18).