Floods In Sarawak: One PPS With 33 Victims Still Active

KUCHING, Jan 26 (Bernama) -- A flood relief centre (PPS) remained in operation in Sarawak to accommodate evacuees in the Tatau district in Bintulu, according to the State Disaster Committee Secretariat.

The PPS at Rumah Steven accommodates 33 people, involving 13 families, who were evacuated last Thursday when floods hit the area surrounding Sekolah Kebangsaan Kuala Muput.

Meanwhile, the secretariat also provided food aid to 165 residents affected by the floods in the Bintulu district and they were distributed through the Malaysian Civil Defence Force, the Social Welfare Department, the Bintulu District Office and the Fire and Rescue Department.

The residents are from the long houses of  Rh Alam, Rh Nyaing, Rh Jeffry Giri and Rh Awang Inban.

-- BERNAMA