Hujan lebat melanda ibu negara semalam, menyebabkan tanah runtuh di kawasan Taman Bunga Raya di Jalan Genting Klang-kem Wardieburn, di sini.

Kejadian berlaku pada jam 5.43 petang itu menyebabkan sebuah rumah di taman terbabit terjejas, dengan penghuni di beberapa kediaman sekitar turut diarah mengosongkan rumah masing-masing.

Pusat Gerakan Operasi (PGO) Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat (JBPM) Kuala Lumpur, berkata enam anggota bersama sebuah jentera dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Wangsa Maju digerakkan ke lokasi sebaik menerima panggilan mengenai kejadian membabitkan kawasan lereng bukit itu.

“Maklumat diterima daripada pihak polis memaklumkan penghuni rumah berhampiran sudah diarahkan keluar berikutan masih terdapat pergerakan tanah,” katanya melalui kenyataan.

Pihak bomba memaklumkan

operasi pemantauan masih diteruskan anggota di lokasi dan setakat ini hanya sebuah rumah terbabit, namun terdapat rumah lain berdekatan dengannya.

Beberapa kawasan lain di sekitar ibu negara turut dilanda banjir kilat susulan peningkatan paras air Sungai Klang.

Ramalan ribut petir

Sementara itu, hujan lebat berserta ribut petir diramalkan

membadai negeri di utara Semenanjung hingga awal minggu depan, terutama pada sebelah petang dan awal malam.

Menurut Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (Metmalaysia) dalam satu kenyataan, semalam, keadaan cuaca itu dijangka melanda Perlis dan Kedah.

Mengenai air pasang besar yang dijangka berlaku hingga Sabtu ini pula, Metmalaysia memaklumkan fenomena air

pasang besar berlaku beberapa kali dalam setahun dengan magnitud berbeza.

“Sekiranya hujan lebat bersekali dengan air pasang besar, maka terdapat kemungkinan banjir akan berlaku,” katanya.

Jadual air pasang harian boleh dirujuk melalui laman sesawang Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan Malaysia (JUPEM) di https:// www.jupem.gov.my/peta-laman/ staps.

KUALA LUMPUR: Sebahagian besar kenderaan yang diparkir di tempat letak kereta di Pusat Dagangan Dunia (WTC), di sini, petang tadi, ditenggelami air sedalam hampir setengah meter akibat hujan lebat.

Berdasarkan gambar yang tular melalui media sosial, kira-kira 50 kenderaan yang diletakkan berdekatan Sungai Gombak, terjejas.

Kawasan sekitar sesak dengan kenderaan susulan ketika ini berlangsung Perhimpunan Agung UMNO (PAU) 2024 menimbulkan suasana panik seketika, namun ia dapat dikawal dengan bantuan pelbagai pihak termasuk pihak pengurusan WTC untuk mengeluarkan kenderaan yang terbabit.

Banjir kilat sejak jam 3 petang itu mengakibatkan limpahan air Sungai Gombak naik hingga membanjiri WTC dan sebuah hotel berhampiran.

Tidak jauh dari lokasi sama, kejadian banjir turut menjejaskan puluhan kenderaan yang diletakkan di bekas tapak Hentian Bas Putra, yang kini dijadikan tempat letak kereta awam.

Banjir berlaku dipercayai akibat air yang bertakung serta limpahan dari saluran air berhampiran.

Sehingga jam 6.45 petang tadi pihak Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Kuala Lumpur, masih belum mengeluarkan sebarang kenyataan.

Tiada sebarang kemalangan jiwa dilaporkan berlaku.

Hujan mula reda dan banjir mula surut kira-kira jam 6.45 petang tadi.

Kuala Lumpur: Tujuh lokasi sekitar ibu negara dilanda banjir kilat susulan hujan lebat berterusan sejak petang.

Berdasarkan laporan Pusat Info Trafik dan Kawalan Lampu Isyarat Kuala Lumpur (KLCCC), lokasi terbabit adalah Segambut Bypass, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, Jalan Pahang, Jalan Genting-Klang dan Jalan Dutamas.

"Turut mengalami banjir kilat adalah Jalan Kepong dan Jalan Kuching," katanya ketika dihubungi. 

Dalam pada itu, turut tular gambar beberapa kenderaan diparkir berhampiran Pusat Dagangan Dunia (WTC) Kuala Lumpur, ditenggelami air akibat hujan lebat, selain beberapa jalan utama di ibu negara sesak.

PETALING JAYA: Residents of Kampung Jawa Yan said their concerns of flash floods in their village have been alleviated following the construction of a sabo dam at Gunung Jerai in Kedah.

Basyiratunnur, 23, who stays 2.4km from the dam with five family members, was one of many affected by the flash flood in 2021.

“My grandmother Saniah, 75, father Ahmad Nasir, 53, mother Farihah, 50, two younger siblings Busyra, 17, and Aisyah, seven, and I were in the house when the flash flood happened. It was a bad day for us.”

She said the flood happened in the late evening as it had been raining heavily since morning.

“At 3pm, I was in an online class and heard a loud and weird sound. When I looked outside, water had risen to the side of the house.

“My house is a bit elevated, so the water did not enter initially. However, the mud around the house was almost knee high.”

She said the water level reached the kitchen but thankfully, her family managed to move the furniture to a higher level.

“Alhamdulillah, the damage to my house was not much because my family and I managed to move the items in the kitchen area.”

She said they are relieved with the completion of the project as there has since been no more flooding in the area.

Siti Hajar, 26, who volunteered in a three day programme organised by the Ad Diniah Volunteer Organisation to help the flash flood victims, said there was a lot of damage due to the mud.

“Furniture, doors, electrical items, mattresses and gas stoves were damaged.”

She said the flash flood impact was terrible and several houses had thick mud covering the floors.

During the cleanup, she helped separate things that needed to be thrown away and washed soiled dishes.

She also prepared equipment to be used when cleaning the houses of residents.

Siti Hajar said many family members came to help the cleaning and debris clearing process.

Although locals are relieved with the completion of the two sabo dams in Titi Hayun and Merbok in the neighbouring Kuala Muda district, the memory of the disaster remains.

Basyirah and her family expressed gratitude at the completion of the project as it eases their anxiety every time it rains at the peak of Gunung Jerai.

She said since the completion of the sabo dam, she has not seen the river overflow during heavy rain.

The sabo dams are the first ever constructed in Malaysia and were built at a cost of RM22.8 million, following the water surge disaster in Gunung Jerai on Aug 18, 2021.

Six people were killed and over 2,000 houses and business premises were damaged in the incident, that was the worst tragedy recorded in Gunung Jerai.