The number of flood victims in Sabah slightly increased at noon today while the situation in Sarawak improved with two evacuation centres in Kuching that was opened this morning closed.

However the number of flood victims placed at evacuation centres in both states have dropped to 5,319 from 5,458 this morning.

This put the overall number of victims placed at evacuation centres in the affected states at 5,608 from 5,747 this morning.

Meanwhile the number of flood victims in Kelantan and Perak remained the same as recorded this morning with 255 individuals from 62 families and 77 individuals from 18 families repectively.

In SABAH, the number of victims rose to 2,835 individuals from 871 families compared to 2,697 individuals from 832 families recorded this morning.

According to Beaufort flood operations room, the number of victims in the district's four relief centres increased to 872 individuals from 285 families.

He said the Membakut sub-district also recorded a rise in the number of victims at 1963 from 586 families compared with 1953 individuals from 581 families.

In SARAWAK, the number of flood evacuees dropped to 2,484 individuals from 768 families compared with 2, 761 from 774 families at 10 am this morning.

A spokesman from the state National Security Council said there were now 12 evacuation centres still in operation compared to 14 earlier on.

The Limbang Division still accounted for the highest number of evacuees at 1,021 from 329 families, Samarahan (889 evacuees in four evacuation centres), Kuching ( 248 evacuees in two evacuation centres), Miri ( 246 evacuees in one evacuation centre)and Mukah (80 evacuees in one evacuation centre).