<figure id="attachment_2847641" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2847641" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-2847641 size-full" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/c39b10d3-pps-resize-bernama-240824.webp" alt="pps" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2847641" class="wp-caption-text">There are fewer flood victims at temporary evacuation centres in Kedah and Perak after the water level in some areas subsided. (Bernama pic)</figcaption></figure>
KUALA LUMPUR: The flood situation in Kedah and Perak continues to improve with fewer number of victims being sheltered at temporary evacuation centres (PPS) as of 8pm tonight.
In Kedah, the state disaster management committee (JPBN) announced that 579 victims from 156 families were still at four PPS, down from 698 people from 198 families this morning.
&#8220;Pendang district recorded the highest number of victims with 503 people from 136 families in three PPS, while in Kota Setar, 76 people from 20 families were still taking shelter in one PPS,&#8221; a JPBN statement stated.
The PPS in the Pokok Sena district, which had been operating since Oct 25, was closed at 10am this morning after all victims were allowed to return home.
Meanwhile, in Perak, the state JPBN secretariat reported that the number of flood victims in the Manjung district had decreased to 129 people from 30 families and all of them were seeking shelter at the PPS Sekolah Agama Rakyat Padang Serai, Pantai Remis.
The drainage and irrigation department said the water level of Kinta River in the Kinta district was at the warning level, which is as high as 248.16m compared to the normal level of 243.50m.

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