KUALA LUMPUR, 12 November 2026 (The Capital Post) – The number of flood evacuees in Selangor continued to rise on Thursday morning, prompting the opening of two additional temporary evacuation centres (PPS), while Perak recorded a decline in displaced residents.
A total of 1,484 people from 420 families were seeking shelter in both states on Thursday morning, compared with 1,362 people from 383 families on Wednesday evening.
In Selangor, the number of evacuees in Kuala Selangor increased to 1,180 people from 330 families across seven evacuation centres, up from 1,032 people from 289 families the previous evening.
According to the Social Welfare Department’s (JKM) InfoBencana portal, two new evacuation centres were opened to accommodate the growing number of affected residents.
The newly opened Kafa Integrasi Hidayah centre was sheltering 81 evacuees, while Dewan Komuniti Penyayang Tanjung Siam accommodated 38 people.
Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Dato’ Maharaja Lela recorded the highest number of evacuees at 426, followed by Sekolah Rendah Agama Bukit Kuching with 287 and SK Parit Mahang with 259.
Meanwhile, Sekolah Agama Batu 8 Ijok accommodated 77 evacuees, while SK Jaya Setia sheltered 12 people.
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In Perak, the number of flood evacuees in the Hilir Perak district decreased to 304 people from 90 families as of 8 am, compared with 330 people from 94 families on Wednesday evening.
The State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat reported that the Dewan Rumah Rehat Majlis Perbandaran Teluk Intan (MPTI) evacuation centre was sheltering 255 people from 75 families.
Another 49 evacuees from 15 families were housed at the Dewan MPTI Langkap evacuation centre.
Meanwhile, the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) reported that two rivers in Perak had reached danger levels.
Sungai Slim in Slim River recorded a water level of 26.18 metres, while Sungai Kinta in Tanjung Tualang stood at 14.01 metres.
Two other rivers remained at warning levels, with Sungai Kampar at Kampung Baru Kuala Dipang (RHN) recording 22.26 metres and Sungai Kurau at Kolam Air Bukit Merah registering 9.08 metres.– The Capital Post
