Penang struck by yet another deluge


Wet day: Students wading through floodwaters at SMK Mak Mandin in Butterworth, Penang. (Left) Motorists braving through the waters on the flyover at Sungai Nibong, Bayan Lepas.

PENANGITES woke up to a cloudy and rainy morning as continuous downpour lasting for hours inundated several parts of the state.

State Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said Sungai Pinang hit the danger zone when the water level reached 2.87mm while Sungai Ayer Itam breached the warning levels at 6.25mm yesterday.

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