Field report: Firemen checking out the situation at Kampung Bangi Tambahan in Selangor. — Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: Around 200 residents of Taman Semenyih Indah and Kampung Bangi Lama in Selangor have been evacuated after their homes were flooded.Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said the operation to evacuate the victims began at 4.30am yesterday after they received an emergency call from MERS999.
He said 14 houses in Taman Semenyih Indah were flooded with water up to 1.5m, affecting 50 people.
However, the water level was gradually receding.
“In Kampung Bangi Lama, the team assisted in relocating some 50 people from 10 families after 10 houses were flooded up to the waist level. The water level was rising,” he said in a statement, Bernama reported.
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Ahmad Mukhlis said 100 victims in Kampung Bangi Lama relocated themselves to safer places.
He added that all victims were currently housed at the Kampung Bangi Village Community Management Council hall and Tadika Perpaduan Bangi Ria.
In IPOH, the number of flood victims in Perak decreased to 272 people from 75 families yesterday morning, compared with 276 people from 76 families on Saturday night.
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The state disaster management committee secretariat, in a statement, said in Hilir Perak, 73 people from 22 families were housed at the Padang Tembak multipurpose hall, while 42 victims from 10 families are at the Teluk Intan Municipal Council hall.
“The number of flood victims in Kerian still remains at 100 people from 24 families who are placed at SK Changkat Lobak and 57 people from 19 families are taking shelter at SK Alor,” it said.
Meanwhile, the Irrigation and Drainage Department reported that the water in Sungai Bidor at Changkat Jong was at the danger level of 3.78m compared with the normal level of two metres, while Sungai Kinta at Weir Tanjung Tualang was at the alert level of 13.16m.
The Malaysian Meteorological Department has forecast thunderstorms and rain in the afternoon and night in all districts.
