BALING: Accumulated water at Gunung Inas is believed to be one of the causes of the floods and water surge phenomenon that hit several villages in Baling on Monday.
Menteri besar Sanusi Md Nor said an aerial survey carried out by the police air wing at the mountain area yesterday also found that a reservoir had not burst, as was feared earlier.
Sanusi said he boarded the police helicopter to survey the area and was able to see the path of the water flow from Gunung Inas to the disaster areas and Pekan Kupang.
“From my observation, the water must have accumulated so much causing it to flow rapidly down a very steep slope at Lata Celak,” he said in a statement today.
He also said the dams built on the mountain for a Musang King plantation project were still intact.
The large trees along the watercourse on the mountain, which were not felled for the project, were not affected either.
The floods in Baling claimed three lives while more than 1,400 residents had to be evacuated to temporary relief centres. Seven houses were destroyed and about 70 others damaged. - FMT
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