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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 (Bernama) --Heavy rain for the past two days caused floodwaters to rise in several areas in Johor this morning, but the situation in two other states, Pahang and Melaka, has improved.As a result of the heavy downpour, JOHOR, the worst-hit by the devastating floods, said to be the worst ever experienced in 30 years, forced more people to leave their homes, with the number of evacuees at the relief centres increasing to 60,156 morning and several roads closed to traffic.A spokesman of the Johor police contingent headquarters flood operations room said out of the total, 25,669 victims were in Batu Pahat, Muar (19,723), Kota Tinggi (6,380), Segamat (3,609), Pontian (57), Mersing (780), Kluang (571) and Johor Baharu (3,367).He said the heavy rain since 7am today brought the total number of victims at relief centres in Johor Baharu to 3,367 from 1,208 last night.Yesterday morning, all victims in Johor Baharu were allowed to return home.However, the spokesman said, the number of evacuation centres which had been reopened in the district remained at five: Dewan Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Pu Sze, Dewan Sengkang, Masjid Jamek Kampung Lorong Arif, Sekolah Agama Cahaya Masai and Balairaya Kampung Bukit Pulai.He said Jalan Tun Sri Lanang, Jalan Tun Habab, Km9 Jalan Kota Tinggi-Johor Baharu, Batu 10 Mawai-Sedili, Jalan Lukut and Jalan Kampung Panti at Kota Tinggi were closed to vehicles as water had reached 0.5m high.Main roads that are closed in Segamat are Jalan Segamat-Tangkak, Km54 Jalan Segamat-Kuantan, Km3 Jalan Muar-Segamat, Batu 8 Jalan Muar-Jementah and Jalan Segamat-Yong Peng while in Batu Pahat, the affected roads are Tongkang Pecah-Parit Jalil, Batu 5 Jalan Yong Peng-Parit Sulong and Jalan Parit Karjo-Senggarang.Other roads in Segamat closed to vehicles are Batu 1 Kampung Baru-Parit Sulong, Jalan Parit Terus, Jalan Seri Pasir and Jalan Yong Peng-Muar, while in Muar, Km3 Jalan Felda Moakil-Labis, Batu 27 Jalan Pagoh-Labis, Jalan Bukit Kepong-Labis, Jalan Pagoh-Panchor, Jalan Sungai Mati-Muar and Jalan Muar-Parit Sulong are also closed to traffic.The water level in Sungai Segamat has now reached a warning stage with a reading of 8.65 metres, Sungai Sembrong, Kluang (3.45m, warning), Sungai Skudai (7.53m, alert), Sungai Johor (2.6m, warning), Sungai Tebrau (6.8m, alert) and Sungai Plentong (1.3m, alert).The water reading at Bekok Dam in Batu Pahat is now at 18.57m (1.07m above the danger level), Sembrong Dam at 12.16m (0.16m above the warning level) and Machap Dam at 17.19m (0.19m above the danger level).Meanwhile, the flood situation in Pahang and Melaka has improved with lesser people at the evacuation centres.In PAHANG, the number of people taking refuge at 16 relief centres in two districts in the state has dropped to 1,267 from 2,085 last night.A spokesman of the Pahang police contingent headquarters flood operations room said as at 8 am today, 447 people were being sheltered at 10 evacuation centres in the Rompin district.In Pekan, the number of evacuees at six relief centres in the districtb had dropped to 820 from 1,557 last night, he said.In MELAKA, a spokesman of the state flood operations room said 3,766 people were still staying at seven relief centres in Sungai Rambai, Jasin while 17 people were being accommodated at a relief centre in Melaka Tengah.-- BERNAMA