Earlier this month, residents of Kampung Kuala Sungai Baru in Puchong, Selangor, had a scare when a nearby gas pipeline burst into a massive fireball. Yesterday, a flash flood hit the village following a heavy downpour.

PETALING JAYA: Heavy rain in the wee hours of yesterday morning left two dead and almost 1,000 displaced in Selangor following flash floods that hit parts of the state.

The downpour, which began at 2am, affected parts of Shah Alam, Klang, Kampung Sri Aman in Puchong as well as the Petaling district.

A local man and a foreign national were found dead, believed to have been electrocuted, in Shah Alam.

Two elderly and immobile persons were also moved out of their homes in Shah Alam after floodwaters inundated their homes.

The Fire and Rescue Department evacuated a 75-year-old stroke victim from her house in Taman Iswara Sri Muda, Shah Alam, while firemen later rescued a bedridden elderly man in Jalan Mat Raji, Padang Jawa.

“Firemen are inspecting the areas to help the flood victims,” said Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar.

Water level rose up to 60cm and some 20 houses were affected by the flooding in Kampung Padang Jawa.

In Klang, 10 houses were affected by flooding in Taman Seri Jaya, Kapar.

Eight people were also evacuated to a temporary relief centre at Sekolah Kebangsaan Binjai.

In Kampung Sri Aman, Puchong, water level, which rose up to 60cm, started to recede by 8am.

The flooding affected 30 houses and temporarily displaced 120 people.

Another area hit by floods was Kampung Tengah in the Petaling district, resulting in 20 houses affected.

Six victims were relocated to the Putra Heights mosque temporary relief centre.

Residents of Kampung Kuala Sungai Baru and Kampung Tengah, who were affected by the gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights, were also not spared.

Mohd Kamalzaman Pauzi, 39, said his home was inundated at about 6am, forcing him, his wife and their three children – aged six to eight – to evacuate to the Putra Heights mosque temporary relief centre.

“Within a week, we have moved here (to the relief centre) twice. I haven’t even had time to get over the fire and now we have been hit by floods,” he said, Bernama reported.

Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said Tenaga Nasional Bhd has been notified to cut off electricity in the affected areas.

Highways across parts of the Klang Valley were also affected by the deluge.

In notices uploaded to the Malaysian Highway Authority social media account, a stretch of the Damansara-puchong Highway was congested due to floods in the morning.

It said two lanes heading towards the Puchong Barat toll plaza were blocked.

Residents had parked their cars here due to flash floods that affected nearby neighbourhoods.

Along the Shah Alam Expressway, rising waters at the Hicom intersection caused the motorcycle lane to be closed.

At the Grand Sepadu Highway, floodwaters blocked the left lane, and later receded.

LLM said rising waters at the Bandar Bukit Raja Selatan intersection along the West Coast Expressway saw the route only being accessible to heavy vehicles.

According to the National Disaster Management Agency, 930 victims had been displaced in the state due to the floods as at 8pm. They were housed at four temporary relief centres.

A total of 215 victims were housed at the relief centres in Klang and 715 in Petaling district.