Kulai: Waspada kemungkinan banjir gelombang keempat bakal melanda Johor dapat tempoh terdekat.

Susulan itu kerajaan negeri mengarahkan setiap agensi yang terbabit dengan operasi berkaitan bencana untuk bersiap sedia terhadap sebarang kemungkinan berlaku banjir gelombang keempat di negeri ini.

Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan negeri Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor berkata, segala arahan kesiapsiagaan bagi agensi-agensi berkaitan juga sudah diselaraskan pegawai daerah terbabit.

Menurutnya, harapan kini adalah hujan tidak terlalu lebat, melebihi kuantiti biasa.

“Saya dimaklumkan sebelum ini, kuantiti hujan normal adalah 20 hingga 30 milimeter (mm) tiap jam, tetapi sekarang ini (sejak kebelakangan ini) meningkat tiga kali ganda, sampai 60 hingga 70mm tiap jam,” katanya ketika ditanya mengenai persediaan banjir gelombang keempat di Johor, semalam.- Bernama

KULAI: Kerajaan negeri dibantu agensi penguat kuasa bersiap sedia mendepani segala kemungkinan berlakunya gelombang keempat banjir di Johor.

Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan negeri, Datuk Mohd. Jafni Md. Shukor berkata, perkara itu diselaraskan oleh Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Bencana Negeri Johor serta di peringkat daerah dari segi gerak kerja dan tindakan yang perlu diambil.

“Sebenarnya di peringkat kerajaan negeri bersama agensi-agensi keselamatan yang terlibat sentiasa bersedia dengan taburan hujan yang mungkin akan lebat.

“Kita harap hujan tidak lebih daripada kuantiti yang tinggi, seperti saya maklumkan sebelum ini kuantiti hujan yang secara normalnya 20 hingga 30 milimeter (mm) sejam tetapi sekarang ni hujan sampai 60mm dan mencecah 70 mm sejam,” katanya selepas mendengar taklimat isu bekalan air yang kerap terputus di Kampung Murni Jaya, di sini.

Yang turut hadir,  Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kerja Raya, Pengangkutan dan Infrastruktur negeri, Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh.

Terdahulu, Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (MetMalaysia), Muhammad Helmi Abdullah dalam satu kenyataan memaklumkan amaran hujan berterusan tahap waspada mulai esok hingga Sabtu ini di Kluang, Mersing, Kulai, Kota Tinggi dan Johor Bahru.

Amaran hujan berterusan tahap waspada dikeluarkan apabila terdapat tanda-tanda hujan atau ribut petir dijangka berlaku melebihi enam jam dalam tempoh tersebut di sesuatu kawasan.

Sebelum ini, Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi turut meminta semua agensi dan jabatan yang terlibat dalam pengurusan bencana banjir supaya bersiap sedia bagi menghadapi gelombang keempat Monsun Timur Laut yang kini beralih ke kawasan selatan.

Situasi banjir di negeri ini hampir pulih apabila hanya 78 mangsa masih ditempatkan di tiga pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS) di Segamat dan Batu Pahat pukul 8 pagi ini. – UTUSAN

JOHOR BARU: More than 300 tonnes of flood waste have been collected in Kota Tinggi alone during the post-flood clean-up efforts led by the Johor Southern Volunteers.

Johor deputy state secretary (Sports, Youth, and Volunteering) Datuk On Jabbar @ Jaafar said that the five-day operation started last Friday until yesterday, involving 3,006 volunteers.

“The waste was collected at the flood-affected houses and the inundated part of Kota Tinggi town in Jalan Niaga.

“It varied from electrical appliances, furniture, and general waste collected and sent to a landfill at Batu 4, Jalan Kota Tinggi-kluang.

“As of Tuesday, we have cleaned 3,877 premises, including 1,961 houses, 1,886 shoplots, seven mosques and religious houses, four schools, five multi-purpose halls, and seven kindergartens,” he said when contacted.

The volunteers were from 10 different NGOS that were also aided by students from eight education institutions, eight government agencies and all local councils in the state, he added.

The welfare and safety of all the volunteers were also taken care of and closely monitored to ensure that they were fit to conduct the clean-up operations, he said.

“Our clean-up areas were mostly done along the villages and houses along Sungai Johor,” he said.

Meanwhile, Ihsan Johor chief executive officer Farrah Faridah Baptist said that her association has helped channel aid to 1,500 families in Johor Baru, Mersing, Kota Tinggi, and Kluang.

“We started our operation from the first wave in the first week of January, where we distributed 600 sleeping kits donated by Yayasan TM to the affected districts.

“We have also distributed 300 dignity and hygiene kits to 300 women in Kota Tinggi courtesy of Yayasan Hasanah. There have been cases where flood victims could not get their hands on sanitary pads.

“We have ongoing baby items and diaper aid distribution donated by Yayasan UEM.

“Most of the items donated to flood victims are food and drinks but baby items are often not on the list,” she said.

Farrah added that her association has also requested items for the post-flood operations from their donors to help the flood victims clean their houses.

“We proposed cleaning detergent, brooms, wipers, bleaching liquid and other cleaning items that will help get rid of any stains or mud in the houses that have been flooded,” she said.

Kuala Lumpur: Jumlah mangsa banjir di Sabah dan Pahang merekodkan peningkatan manakala Johor mencatatkan penurunan menjadikan jumlah terkini keseluruhan mangsa seramai 663 orang setakat 6 pagi semalam berbanding 692 orang malam kelmarin.

Menurut laporan terkini Pusat Kawalan Bencana Negara Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara (Nadma), jumlah itu meliputi 224 orang daripada 68 keluarga yang berlindung di empat PPS di Sabah, 175 orang daripada 58 keluarga di empat PPS di Pahang dan 264 orang daripada 64 keluarga di tujuh PPS di Johor.

Di Sabah, seramai 75 mangsa berlindung di tiga PPS di Beluran manakala 149 mangsa berlindung di sebuah PPS di Sandakan.

Di Pahang, 40 mangsa ditempatkan di dua PPS di Pekan manakala seramai 135 mangsa ditempatkan di dua PPS di Rompin.

Di Johor, seramai 124 mangsa berlindung di dua PPS di Kota Tinggi, 63 mangsa di dua PPS di Segamat, 23 mangsa di sebuah PPS di Batu Pahat, 38 mangsa di sebuah PPS di Kluang manakala 16 mangsa di sebuah PPS di Mersing.