In a statement, state disaster management committee chairman Azmi Rohani said the increase involved evacuees from Kota Tinggi, Kluang and Johor Bahru.

He said a total of 1,819 families have been evacuated to 51 PPS in six districts so far, with Kota Tinggi recording the highest number of victims, totalling 2,964 people from 783 families at 24 PPS, followed by Johor Bahru (1,844 people from 504 families at 10 PPS), and Kluang (1,633 victims from 500 families at 14 PPS).

The remaining victims are at a PPS in each of the following districts, namely Kulai (86), Segamat (20) and Pontian (17), he added.

Azmi, who is also the Johor state secretary, said that based on data from the irrigation and drainage department (DID), six rivers in Johor recorded water at dangerous levels.

Rain is forecast in Mersing and Tangkak, while the other districts are expected to be sunny.

Meanwhile, based on the latest report issued by the National Disaster Control Centre of the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma), the number of flood victims in Pahang also increased to 845 people at 23 PPS in three districts in the state, namely Maran, Pekan and Rompin, as of midnight.

Rompin recorded the highest number of flood victims, totalling 360 people, followed by Maran (261) and Pekan (224).

Also, one PPS was opened in Kuching, Sarawak, to accommodate 38 people whose homes were destroyed in a fire.

The DID also reported the closure of 43 roads due to floods, soil erosion, sink holes and damage. They include Jalan Mersing-Endau (Mersing), Jalan JB-Mersing and Jalan Kota Tinggi-Kluang in Johor; Kuantan-Segamat Expressway (Tun Razak Expressway) and Jalan Pekan-Nenasi (Rompin), Jalan Temerloh-Jerantut in Pahang, and Jalan Bukit Besi-Dungun in Terengganu.

Meanwhile, the meterological department (MetMalaysia) has warned of more heavy rain in Rompin, Maran, Kuantan and Bera in Pahang, as well as in Tangkak, Muar, Batu Pahat, Pontian, Kulai and Johor Bahru, all in Johor.