GEORGE TOWN: Yusliani Ali and family were all packed and looking forward to celebrating Aidiladha in Selangor but Friday night’s storm brought the roof down on their plans.
Yusliani, 35, a housewife, said she and her family had planned on returning to her hometown in Selangor for the celebration, but would not be doing so because of the damage caused to her unit by last night’s storm.
The strong winds at about 10pm had caused her apartment roof and ceiling to collapse and it also started leaking because of the heavy rain. Last night’s storm also wreaked havoc in other parts of the island.
“We were fortunate that there was no one at home at that time. We had already packed our clothes together with the festive delicacies and were all set to leave this morning, but we are forced to celebrate here and to clean up,” she said.
Yusliani, who lives with her husband and two children aged 16 and 11, said last night’s incident was the third time that her flat on the 20th floor of Mutiara Idaman I in Jelutong had been affected by strong winds.
“This is the worst incident since we moved here in 2003. It has damaged our furniture, electrical appliances and also our festive decorations,”she said.
Security guard Mohd Fadzli Mazlan, 32, who lives on the same floor, said he was having dinner in the living room when the entire unit started shaking and there were cracks on the walls.
“I kept shouting to my wife and children to quickly leave the house because the roof was about to collapse. As soon as we got out, the roof and the ceiling collapsed, causing rain water to get inside.”
He said his wife, Nurul Kamsiah Samat, who operated a home-based business making cookies and cakes had to cancel orders from her customers. “The festive cakes which were ready for delivery were also wet and damaged” he said.
He added that he suffered a loss of about RM10,000 due to the storm. - FMT
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