BUKIT GANTANG: “Saya hanya mampu menangis ketakutan melihat ribut yang sangat kuat.”

Itu kata seorang wanita, Hayati Mohamad, 49, apabila melihat bumbung rumahnya dan jiran diterbangkan angin dalam kejadian ribut di Kampung Pak Darus, di sini petang kelmarin

Hayati, yang tinggal bersama anak perempuannya dan bapanya yang uzur berkata, kejadian berlaku pada kira-kira pukul 4 petang ketika mereka berada di dalam rumah.

Menurutnya, ketika itu dia baru bangun tidur dan hendak ke tandas, tiba-tiba terdengar deruan angin yang sangat kuat.

“Saya rasa sangat takut apabila melihat bumbung rumah emak saudara dan adik saya tercabut diterbangkan angin. Saya menangis sebab terlalu takut.

“Saya jerit pada abah jangan keluar rumah tetapi dia tetap hendak tengok apa yang berlaku. Saya takut sebab tiupan angin sangat kuat.

“Saya ingatkan rumah saya selamat, rupa-rupanya bumbung di bahagian dua bilik rumah kami juga diterbangkan angin. Air hujan masuk dalam rumah, tilam basah, barangbarang lain tidak rosak sangat, tetapi tetap terkena air hujan,” katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia.

Seorang lagi mangsa ribut, Rosnani Che Meh, 52, berkata, ketika kejadian dia baru sahaja tersedar dari tidur di dalam bilik bersama cucunya.

Menurutnya, dia terjaga selepas mendengar deruan angin yang kencang dan bumbung rumahnya pula bergegar dengan kuat.-UTUSAN.

REMBAU: Malaysia will help set up a field hospital in Myanmar to help victims of the recent earthquake, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan (pic).

The Foreign Minister said he had tabled this proposal during the last Cabinet meeting and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had agreed in principle to proceed with the matter.

“We will also decide how many surgeons and other personnel will be sent from here to man the hospital,” he told reporters when met at his Hari Raya open house in Kg Tanjung in Rantau near here yesterday.

Mohamad, also known as Tok Mat, said Malaysia will also fly in medical supplies, as these are not readily available in the affected areas in Myanmar.

He said Malaysia is ready to help out, as we have the experience setting up field hospitals during disasters in other countries such as Turkiye and Bangladesh previously.

“We want to help, as 84 hospitals in Myanmar have been damaged by the quake.

“We will also work with other Asean member countries to provide mobile water-purifying systems to Myanmar, as its underground pipe networks have also been badly damaged,” he said, adding that Asean will also help by providing tents and temporary shelters as many houses have been destroyed.

He said discussions are also being held at the Asean Co­ordina­ting Centre for Huma­nita­rian Assis­tance on Dis­aster Manage­ment to coordinate aid distribution from member countries.

Mohamad said he would also talk to the Thai government to allow aid from Asean countries to be flown into Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw via its Don Mueang Airport due to its proximity.

The minister also estimated that the process of rebuilding Myanmar would take a decade based on what he witnessed during his visit there following the April 5 earthquake.

“There have been several tremors reported ever since, and the people are afraid to sleep indoors.

“Even I felt a tremor while having a meeting with the Myanmar Prime Minister during the visit,” he said.

Mohamad also expressed hope that fighting between the warring factions in Myanmar will stop for now.

“During my visit, I did tell the authorities there that if the safety of any Asean or Malaysian aid workers is threatened, we will not hesitate to pull out immediately.”

SUBANG JAYA: Sejumlah 613 keluarga yang ditempatkan di pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS) Masjid Putra Heights dibenarkan pulang ke penginapan sementara atau kediaman masing-masing.

Pengerusi Bencana Daerah Petaling, Huzunul Khaidil Mohamed berkata, mangsa telah keluar secara berperingkat selepas makluman pengosongan PPS itu dibuat pada Khamis lalu.

“Jadi mereka semua telah membuat perancangan keluarga masing-masing. Ada yang berhajat untuk berpindah ke kediaman sendiri, ada yang menumpah rumah saudara, ada yang menyewa terus.

“Ada juga mangsa dan keluarga yang terus mengambil insentif yang diberikan oleh kerajaan iaitu penempatan inap desa daripada AirBnB dan juga ada yang ditaja oleh ahli parlimen untuk pindah ke hotel untuk sementara waktu.

“Untuk hari ini ada 60 keluarga yang masing-masing telah keluar yang terakhir keluar pada pukul 2 petang sebentar tadi,” katanya kepada pemberita di PPS berkenaan.

Huzunul turut memaklumkan bahawa pihaknya akan membuat pengumuman rasmi berhubung penutupan PPS berkaitan insiden letupan paip gas di Putra Heights pada 1 April lalu.

Pada masa sama, beliau turut merakamkan penghargaan kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia atas keprihatinan, sokongan dan doa yang berterusan kepada mangsa tragedi.

“Saya mewakili semua petugas dan agensi yang terlibat mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Allah SWT dan rakyat Malaysia atas segala bentuk bantuan. Tanpa sokongan bersama, segala urusan tidak akan semudah ini,” katanya.

Tambah beliau, kejayaan operasi ini merupakan hasil kerjasama erat pelbagai pihak termasuk kerajaan negeri, agensi penyelamat, pasukan sukarelawan dan pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO). – UTUSAN

KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 — The flood situation in Selangor and Johor has improved this morning, with fewer evacuees at temporary relief centres, while conditions in Sabah remain unchanged.

In SELANGOR, the number of evacuees dropped to 218 from 63 families, down from 353 from 100 families yesterday evening.

According to the Social Welfare Department’s InfoBencana portal, only four relief centres are still operating — Dewan Kenanga, SK Shah Alam Section 16, and SMK Section 16 in Shah Alam, as well as the Camelia Multipurpose Hall (MBSJ) in Subang Jaya.

In JOHOR, the number of evacuees declined to 177 from 58 families as of 8 am today, compared to 199 from 63 families yesterday evening.