Search continues for missing four after massive Kedah flood

 

The search and rescue operation for four victims still missing after a water surge incident in Yan, about 40km from Alor Setar, Kedah continued today at 8.30am.

Kedah Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (Operations) Mohamadul Ehsan Mohd Zain said three of the missing were among 22 people affected by the incident in Titi Hayun.

“The incident in Titi Hayun involved 22 victims. Sixteen of the victims are safe, two have died, one seriously injured, and three more still not found,” he said when contacted by Bernama today.

He said 30 officers and personnel from his department were involved in the operation, assisted by the police and the People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela).

He said the Kedah Fire and Rescue Department received a call about the incident at 4.17pm yesterday and a search and rescue operation started when they arrived at the scene 11 minutes later.

The department has also continued searching for another victim in the same incident in Salak Denai involving 20 fire department personnel, he said.

Meanwhile, he said 19 employees of the Jerai Hill Resort who were trapped at the top of Gunung Jerai still could not be brought down as the road was still cut off by a landslide.

- Bernama