1,000 evacuated from homes overnight after floods in 5 states

 

A child continues watching television although the house is flooded at Kampung Jalan Kebun, Seksyen 30, Shah Alam. (Bernama pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: Heavy rainfall in several states yesterday evening caused flash floods with more than 1,000 people evacuated to temporary relief centres (PPS).

In Melaka, another 590 victims from 155 families were evacuated to nine PPS this morning, to add to the 493 victims from 130 families recorded last night.

Melaka Civil Defence Force director Cuthbert John Martin Quadra said the evacuees were from Central Melaka, Jasin and Alor Gajah.

Of the nine PPS, three were in Central Melaka housing 257 victims from 60 families; three PPS in Jasin (182 victims from 48 families) and three other PPS in Alor Gajah (151 victims from 47 families).

In Selangor, 267 victims were evacuated to four PPS as at 5.30am today after nine areas were inundated by flash floods yesterday.

Selangor fire and rescue department director Norazam Khamis said 200 of the victims were housed at Surau Abadi PPS; 17 at Kampung Salak Tinggi community hall; 12 at Bukit Tampoi PPS (all in Sepang), and 31 others were evacuated to SM Dato Hamzah PPS in Klang.

He said seven other victims from two houses along Jalan Batu Bata, Bukit Kemuning in Shah Alam, however, chose to move into their relatives’ homes.

In Kedah, 162 victims from 39 families in Kuala Muda were evacuated to three PPS as at 8am today.

Kedah Civil Defence Force head of disaster operations Saifuddin Abdullah said the three PPS were at the Kampung Bukit Belah community hall, which was opened at 11.32pm yesterday, Surau Taman Kenari (opened at 1.30am today), and Al-Huda Mosque in Kampung Jerung (which began operations at 12.30am).

In Negeri Sembilan, a relief centre was opened at Kampung Permatang Pasir in Port Dickson at 11.35pm to house 25 victims from the flooded Darul Widad Centre.

State Civil Defence Force director Mohd Syukri Md Nor said the PPS at SMK Dato Mohd Said in Nilai was also operational accommodating nine victims from Kampung Tanjung, while five others from Kampung Pedas, Rembau were taking shelter at their relatives’ houses.

In Perak, the continuous heavy rain caused 14 people from three families to be evacuated to the PPS at SK Sungai Temelok, Taiping, at 3am today.

They comprise 10 women and four men from Kampung Sungai Temelok. - FMT