Metmalaysia Lifts Rain Warning As Flood Waters Start Receding

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Members of DAP Bangi helping in flood rescue efforts in Shah Alam on Sunday. (Ong Kian Ming pic)PETALING JAYA: A warning of continuous rain issued for most states in Peninsular Malaysia has now been lifted and the weather is expected to improve, the meteorological department (MetMalaysia) said this evening.
In Selangor, flood waters have also begun to recede in some areas, said the head of the Selangor fire and rescue department.
MetMalaysia said the weather in Perlis, Kedah, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang is expected to improve.
“The continuous rain warning that was issued at 11.30am today for those states has now been lifted,” said its director-general Muhammad Helmi Abdullah.

While flood waters in most parts of the Klang Valley had begun to recede, Bernama reported Selangor fire and rescue department director Norazam Khamis as saying that there were areas near the river where the water seemed to be stagnant such as in Taman Sri Muda in Shah Alam.
An aerial survey from a fire and rescue department helicopter earlier today showed that most of the routes and terrace houses in the Taman Sri Muda area were still inundated.
Among the other areas still badly affected include Section 13 in Shah Alam and Taman Sri Nanding and Batu 18 in Hulu Langat.
Most flood victims in the area no longer need to be evacuated but are in need of food aid.
More flood victims evacuated
Bernama also reported that the situation in several flood-hit states had worsened, with more than 34,000 victims evacuated to relief centres (PPS) compared to some 21,000 at noon today.
The northeast monsoon-related floods have claimed one life while two people are feared drowned after being swept away by swift-flowing waters. All the incidents happened in Pahang.
The National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) said in a statement today that eight states were affected by floods – Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, Perak and Kuala Lumpur.
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, at a press conference after visiting flood victims housed at two schools in Klang, said the number of evacuees in the state had increased from about 6,000 yesterday to more than 15,000 at 108 PPS in eight districts.
Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari said in a tweet that he was aware of the critical situation in Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam.
“All suitable assets like boats have been mobilised to help in the evacuation of flood victims. I understand that the number of army personnel has also been increased to help in this effort.
“Additional boats from the Kuala Selangor drainage and irrigation department are being deployed to help in operations to rescue flood victims in Taman Sri Muda,” he added.
In Kuala Lumpur, the weather was relatively better today with rain having stopped, causing waters to recede in most of the affected areas. However, 530 people were still housed at PPS.
In Kuantan, the Pahang social welfare department (JKM) disaster info application said flood victims in the state increased this afternoon to 14,143 people from 3,922 families at 186 PPS.
The East Coast Highway operator, in a Facebook post, said the stretch at Km76-Km126 Karak-Temerloh was still closed on both sides as at 4pm although waters were subsiding.
Road users who were stranded on the highway were given the necessary aid like food and drinks, it said.
The number of flood victims in Kelantan continued to rise as at 6pm, when 4,324 people from 1,065 families were moved to PPS compared to 3,877 people from 903 families at noon, involving the districts of Kuala Krai, Gua Musang, Pasir Mas, Jeli and Tanah Merah.
The official eBanjir Kelantan portal reported that five major rivers in Kelantan were at the danger level, namely Sungai Lebir in Tualang, Kuala Krai, which recorded 36.61m; Sungai Kelantan at Tangga Krai (27.21m); Sungai Kelantan at Jambatan Guillemard (17.17m); Sungai Galas at Dabong, Kuala Krai (39.20m); and Sungai Golok in Rantau Panjang, Pasir Mas (10.31m).
In Melaka, two districts were affected by floods, namely Alor Gajah and Melaka Tengah, with 729 evacuees, while in Perak, the number of flood victims rose to 69 people from 26 people, in Teluk Intan district.
In Terengganu, the number of flood victims dropped slightly to 286 people from 66 families as at 6pm, compared to 326 people from 101 families at noon, involving Kemaman and Dungun districts.
TNB shuts down 333 power substations
Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has temporarily shut down 333 power substations in six states: as of noon yesterday, 137 power substations were closed in Pahang, Kelantan (7), Selangor (117), Kuala Lumpur (45), Melaka (10) and Negeri Sembilan (17).
The closure affects 17,251 power consumers in Pahang, Selangor (5,062), Kuala Lumpur (4,450), Melaka (634), Kelantan (470) and 284 users in Negeri Sembilan.
Electricity supply will be provided through portable generators at temporary evacuation centres that do not receive any power supply from substations. - FMT

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