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NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY
ASIR PUTEH: The floods that hit several villages here this week were unexpected, with most residents forced to leave their homes unprepared, many only grabbing their personal belongings and documents.
The deluge, following continuous heavy rain since last Monday, forced the evacuation of more than 100 families to the relief centre (PPS) at SK Changgai, Kelantan, on Wednesday.
A stroke patient, Ab Hadi Kadir, 90, said that in less than an hour, the water at his home rose to 0.3m, and not wanting to take the risk, the family decided to evacuate.
“I thought the flood season was over. That’s why I didn’t make any preparations to deal with the flood. But when I saw the water rising and with me being wheelchair-bound, I immediately got the family to evacuate.
“There was no time to think about anything else, (we) just grabbed a few items of clothing and left,” he told Bernama when met at the PPS here yesterday.
Another resident, Noraini Ismail, 45, of Kampung Gaal Hilir, said she moved to the PPS after seeing the floodwaters rising fast.
“Before leaving the house, I placed some of the electrical appliances and furniture in high places and then only brought along the important documents to the PPS,” she added.
Another flood victim, Norasmira Ahmad, 35, from Kampung Batu Hitam, said the floodwaters rose so fast that by the time she returned home after sending her children to school and buying some foodstuff, the road leading to her house was underwater and no longer passable to light vehicles.
According to the Info Bencana portal of the Social Welfare Department, two PPS centres were opened in Pasir Puteh yesterday and were accommodating 350 victims from 119 families.
Floods hit elephant centre
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- Berita
KUALA BERANG: Heavy rains since Monday resulted in the Kenyir Elephant Conservation Village (KECV) here being hit by sudden gushes of water from the hills.
Thankfully, in the incidents that took place on Wednesday afternoon and yesterday morning, no one was hurt as the centre had been off-limits to visitors since Wednesday on account of the bad weather.
KECV director Ang Ching Yang told Bernama that in the first water surge incident that occurred around 1pm on Wednesday, damage was caused to several areas at the centre, including the cafeteria, prayer hall and toilets.
He said the second incident that happened at about 9.30am yesterday inundated the bridge and made it difficult for the workers to feed the elephants.
“Two days before the incidents,
I saw the river water turning yellow and mixed with mud. The elephants here had also made strange sounds.
“Based on our experience here, both situations indicate that a natural disaster was about to happen,” he said.
Ang said he is thankful that the water surge incidents did not affect the 17 elephants at the centre as the animals were moved to a safe location earlier.
“We haven’t calculated the cost of damage yet, but for the past few years, almost annually, we have been hit by water surges, and the cost of cleaning and repairing the affected areas and facilities will range between RM250,000 and RM300,000,” he said.
KECV will reopen to visitors when the cleaning and repair work is completed and good weather returns, he added.
Meanwhile, the National Disaster Control Centre of the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) said the number of flood victims in Terengganu, Kelantan and Pahang dropped to 1,604 people at 17 temporary relief centres (PPS) as at 4pm yesterday, compared to 2,626 victims at 31 PPS at noon.
According to the latest report, the number of victims in Terengganu dropped to 1,067 at 13 PPS, with 603 people at seven PPS in Setiu, 183 evacuees at three PPS in Hulu Terengganu, 268 victims at two PPS in Dungun, and 13 people at one PPS in Besut.
In Kelantan, one PPS was opened in Kuala Krai to house 27 victims and the number of evacuees at two PPS in Pasir Puteh remains unchanged at 350, while in Pahang, 160 people are sheltering at one PPS in Kuantan.
Meanwhile, the Irrigation and
Drainage Department Telemetry Station shows that several river localities in Terengganu, Kedah, Pahang, Johor, Perlis and Sabah are at danger levels.
The rivers involved include Sungai Dungun, Sungai Terengganu and Sungai Besut in Terengganu; Sungai Muda, Sik and Sungai Kedah, Kota Setar in Kedah; and Sungai Arau in Perlis.
The others are Sungai Pahang in Bera, Sungai Rompin and Sungai Kuantan in Pahang; Sungai Sarang Buaya in Muar and Sungai Johor in Kota Tinggi, Johor; and Sungai Kinabatangan in Sabah.
Nadma also said 19 roads were closed due to floods, damaged bridges, collapsed roads and landslides, including Jalan Sungai Lembing in Kuantan, Pahang; Jalan Jemaluang-batu Pahat in Mersing, Johor, and Trolak Selatan in Batang Padang, Perak.
Pekan Sungai Lembing, di sini kembali dilanda banjir petang semalam, kali ketiga dilaporkan berlaku dalam tempoh kira-kira sebulan dengan beberapa jalan menuju kawasan itu juga dilapor terhalang.
Banjir dikatakan berpunca limpahan Sungai Lembing yang direkod melepasi paras bahaya, iaitu 40.31 meter (m) semalam, berbanding 36m paras normal.
Ia menyebabkan beberapa laluan di Jalan Kuantan-sungai Lembing, di sini tidak boleh dilalui kenderaan ringan selepas dinaiki air antara 0.2 dan 0.5m.
Ahli Parlimen Paya Besar, Datuk Indera Mohd Shahar Abdullah melalui perkongsian di Facebook memaklumkan jalan utama ke Bandar Sungai Lembing dinaiki air, manakala jalan dalam pula berlaku kejadian tanah runtuh dan pokok tumbang sejak malam kelmarin.
“Saya merasai kebuntuan mangsa banjir di Sungai Lembing apabila kedua-dua laluan ini terhalang
dan menyukarkan pihak berwajib untuk menghantar bantuan kepada mereka.
“Oleh itu, saya mengupah jengkaut untuk membersihkan jalan dalam yang agak tinggi sebagai laluan alternatif bagi tujuan penghantaran bantuan kepada mangsa banjir di pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS) di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Sungai Lembing,” katanya.
Dalam pada itu, Facebook Roadcare Kawasan Kuantan-p1 melaporkan, Jalan Sungai Lembing di Pasir Kemudi ditutup kepada kenderaan ringan berikutan dinaiki air sehingga 0.5 meter.
Jalan Sungai Lembing di Jambatan Sungai Danau dan di Ladang Sawit Kampung Kolek turut ditutup kepada kenderaan ringan berikutan banjir dengan penduduk di kawasan rendah, terutama berhampiran sungai dinasihat bersiap sedia untuk berpindah jika paras air terus meningkat.
Sehingga jam 12 tengah hari semalam, seramai 171 mangsa daripada 74 keluarga di Sungai Lembing dipindahkan ke dua PPS, iaitu di SMK Sungai Lembing dan di Kampung Batu 6 Sungai Lembing.
2,626 di PPS tiga negeri
Sementara itu, Pusat Kawalan Bencana Negara Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara (NADMA) melaporkan 2,626 mangsa banjir berlindung di 31 PPS di tiga negeri iaitu Terengganu, Kelantan dan Pahang sehingga jam 12 tengah hari semalam.
Di Terengganu, mangsa banjir terus meningkat kepada 2,105 berbanding 1,541 orang pada sebelah pagi, dengan NADMA melaporkan 10 PPS beroperasi di daerah Setiu menempatkan 1,048 mangsa, Besut (lapan PPS, 480 orang), Hulu Terengganu (lima PPS, 294 orang) dan Dungun (empat PPS, 283 orang).
Dua PPS di daerah Kemaman yang menempatkan 24 orang ditutup.
NADMA turut memaklumkan jumlah mangsa banjir di Pasir Puteh, Kelantan menurun kepada 350 orang di dua PPS, manakala 171 mangsa berlindung di dua PPS di Kuantan, Pahang.
PASIR PUTEH - Lebih 100 keluarga yang berpindah di pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS) Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Changgai di sini tidak menyangka air di kawasan penempatan mereka naik secara mendadak selepas hujan lebat berterusan sejak Isnin lepas.
Seorang pesakit strok, Ab Hadi Kadir, 90, berkata, dia membuat keputusan berpindah bersama anak dan cucunya lebih awal selepas mendapati kawasan rumah mereka di Kampung Darang Buaya dinaiki air sedalam 0.3 meter (m) dalam tempoh tidak sampai sejam.
"Saya ingat banjir mungkin tidak berlaku di Kelantan sebab itu saya tidak buat sebarang persiapan hadapi banjir.
"Tetapi bila tengok air makin naik dan memikirkan keadaan saya yang sedang uzur sehingga terpaksa menggunakan kerusi roda, saya segera ambil keputusan untuk berpindah ke PPS berdekatan," katanya kepada Bernama ketika ditemui di PPS itu pada Khamis.
Ab Hadi berkata, dalam keadaan tergesa-gesa untuk berpindah, dia hanya sempat mengambil beberapa helai pakaian sahaja.
Penduduk Kampung Gaal Hilir, Noraini Ismail, 45, pula berkata, apabila mendapati air di kawasan rumahnya naik dengan cepat, dia membuat keputusan untuk segera berpindah ke PPS bagi mengelakkan perkara tidak diingini berlaku.
"Saya sempat meletakkan beberapa peralatan elektrik dan perabot ke tempat tinggi dan membawa dokumen penting sebelum berpindah ke PPS," katanya.
Seorang lagi mangsa banjir dari Kampung Batu Hitam, Norasmira Ahmad, 35, berkata, selepas menghantar anak ke sekolah dan beli barang dapur di pasar, laluan ke rumahnya tidak dapat dilalui kerana air sudah naik dengan cepat di kawasan rumah.Menurut portal Info Bencana Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) setakat 10 pagi ini, sebanyak dua PPS dibuka di Kelantan melibatkan jajahan Pasir Puteh iaitu SK Changgai dan SK Wakaf Raja dengan menempatkan 350 mangsa daripada 119 keluarga. - Bernama
KUANTAN - Seorang lelaki yang juga pemilik kedai 3D Sungai Lembing ditemukan lemas selepas dipercayai hanyut dibawa arus deras ketika cuba menyeberangi jalan yang dinaiki air di pekan Sungai Lembing pada Rabu malam.
Ketua Polis Daerah Kuantan, Asisten Komisioner Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu berkata, mangsa, Lee Yie Chong, 62, ditemui terdampar di kawasan longkang di Kampung Jelihan kira-kira 100 meter dari lokasinya dihanyutkan dan dipercayai sudah meninggal dunia.
"Ekoran penemuan mangsa, operasi mencari dan menyelamat ditamatkan serta-merta.
“Setakat ini kes diklasifikasikan sebagai mati mengejut,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan awal pagi Khamis.
Sebelum itu, Wan Mohd Zahari berkata, Balai Polis Sungai Lembing menerima laporan kejadian itu kira-kira jam 7.20 malam daripada mangsa.
Menurutnya, mangsa meminta bantuan supaya diselamatkan susulan terperangkap dalam banjir kilat yang berlaku berhampiran kedai 3D di kawasan berkenaan.
"Mangsa bersama isteri, Kwong Kwai Fun, 63, dan anaknya, Kwong Kwai Heu, 37, berjaya diselamatkan.
"Yie Chong disyaki hilang semasa mereka cuba menyeberang jalan dinaiki air yang turun dari kawasan bukit dan limpahan air Sungai Lembing," katanya.
Beliau menjelaskan, hasil siasatan awal mendapati sebelum kejadian mereka sekeluarga berada di kedai untuk mengemas dan memindahkan barang-barang ke tingkat atas bangunan.
Beliau menambah, selepas mengemas dan menutup kedai, mereka meredah air banjir menuju ke kereta yang diletakkan di tempat tinggi di seberang jalan untuk balik ke rumah.“Semasa sedang meredah air banjir mangsa memberitahu bahawa dia telah penat untuk meredah dan semasa isterinya menoleh ke belakang mendapati mangsa sudah hilang dipercayai dihanyutkan arus deras,” katanya.