Rantau Panjang: Pintu dua dan pintu tiga Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia (JKDM) yang menjadi laluan ke kawasan bebas cukai di sini, dinaiki air sedalam 0.3 hingga 0.8 meter sejak malam kelmarin.
Bagaimanapun, tinjauan di lokasi mendapati pintu satu JKDM berdekatan Kompleks Imigresen, Kastam, Kuarantin dan Keselamatan (ICQS) di sini, masih boleh dilalui selain operasi perniagaan juga berjalan seperti biasa.
Peniaga, Yusuff Ahmad, 53, berkata, laluan ke pintu satu serta dua berada di kawasan agak rendah dan biasa menjadi antara lokasi awal dinaiki air jika paras Sungai Golok berdekatan melepasi paras bahaya.
“Walaupun perniagaan masih beroperasi, tidak ramai peniaga membuka premis jualan susulan bimbang paras air terus meningkat.
“Tambahan pula, majoriti peniaga mula mengemas kedai sejak semalam (kelmarin) lagi.
“Banjir kali ini berbeza kerana cuaca cerah tetapi paras air meningkat, kemungkinan kerana hujan
di hulu menyebabkan air di Sungai Golok melimpah dan membanjiri kawasan rendah.
“Saya menutup kedai lebih awal pada hari ini (semalam) kerana pelanggan juga tidak begitu ramai selain mahu pulang ke rumah untuk mengemas kerana kediaman saya turut dinaiki air,” katanya.
Sementara itu, Ketua Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Rantau Panjang Shapawi Stapa berkata, beberapa kawasan di pekan itu dinaiki air sejak malam kelmarin termasuk di Jalan Sekolah Cina, Kampung Kedai Lama dan Jalan Parit Air.
“Paras Sungai Golok kini melepasi tahap bahaya tetapi berada dalam trend mendatar dan keadaan masih terkawal.
“Bagaimanapun, terdapat beberapa pemindahan dilakukan anggota membabitkan penduduk di kawasan rendah.
“Orang ramai dinasihatkan berhati-hati dan peka dengan keadaan semasa selain perlu berpindah awal jika paras air semakin naik terutama bagi mereka yang tinggal di kawasan sukar diakses,” katanya.
Dua PPS terakhir ditutup
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Banjir gelombang ketiga di Terengganu pulih sepenuhnya apabila dua pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS) terakhir ditutup semalam.
Sekretariat Jawatankuasa Bencana Negeri memaklumkan PPS Masjid Kampung La dan Dewan Terbuka Kampung Belaoh di Besut ditutup jam 10 pagi.
Menurut sekretariat itu, semua 44 mangsa daripada 12 keluarga di dua PPS berkenaan dibenarkan pulang selepas banjir di rumah masing-masing surut dan cuaca kembali cerah semalam.
Bagaimanapun, penduduk di negeri itu diingatkan supaya tetap dalam keadaan berjaga-jaga dan peka dengan perubahan cuaca susulan musim Monsun Timur Laut belum berakhir.
Banjir gelombang ketiga di Terengganu yang bermula Ahad lalu menyaksikan lebih 400 mangsa dipindahkan ke PPS di tiga daerah terkesan iaitu Hulu Terengganu, Besut dan Kemaman.Bernama
Pindah sebelum laluan terputus
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“Saya dan anak segera berpindah ke Pusat Pemindahan Sementara (PPS) berikutan bimbang laluan keluar dari kampung ini terputus. Alhamdulillah hari ini (semalam) anak saya sempat menduduki peperiksaan ulangan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) bagi ujian mendengar,” ujar Bakemah Jaiman, 68.
Bakemah dan anak perempuannya, Nurul Mariatul Fatiah Azman, 26, berpindah ke PPS Sekolah Kebangsaan Gembut di sini, sejak kelmarin, selepas kediaman mereka ditenggelami air sedalam lebih satu meter.
Katanya, kediamannya berada di tepi Sungai Gembut di sini, sering ditenggelami air ketika banjir. “Anak saya menduduki peperiksaan ulangan bagi kertas Bahasa Inggeris sahaja selepas gagal ujian itu ketika di tingkatan lima dahulu. “Anak sepatutnya mengambil peperiksaan ulangan itu di sekolah
“Saya ada bot untuk selamat diri berikutan banjir amat teruk di sini Bakemah di bandar Kota Tinggi. Mujur selepas hubungi pihak Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah (PPD), dia dibenarkan duduki ujian itu di Sekolah Kebangsaan Tan Sri Jaafar Albar di Tanjung Sedili.
“Terdapat dua lagi calon menjadi mangsa banjir dan sama-sama menduduki peperiksaan itu di Tanjung Sedili. Sejak malam kelmarin dia membuat ulang kaji di PPS sahaja,” katanya ketika ditemui di Kampung
Gembut, Tanjung Sedili di sini, semalam.
Menurut Bakemah, bencana banjir sudah sebati dengan hidupnya. Malah katanya, mereka sekeluarga sering minta dikeluarkan awal ke PPS berikutan bimbang arus kuat sungai, selain faktor usia.
“Saya ada bot sendiri sebagai persiapan menyelamatkan diri berikutan banjir amat teruk di sini,” katanya.
The flood situation in Johor is worsening while it has improved in Kelantan.
State disaster management committee chairman Tan Sri Dr Azmi Rohani said the number of flood victims in Johor increased to 52 evacuees from 14 families as at 8am yesterday compared with 26 people from seven families on Monday.
He said all the victims were housed at two temporary relief centres (PPS) in the Kota Tinggi district.
He said Dewan Kampung Baru Sungai Mas housed 13 victims from three families, while SK Gambut accommodated 39 people from 11 families.
“Meanwhile, five rivers are at the alert level in the state, namely Sungai Muar in Kampung Awat; Segamat with a reading of 19.31m; Sungai Kahang in Kampung Contoh, Kluang, with a reading of 13.93m; and Sungai Ulu Sedili Besar in Batu 52 Sedili, Kota Tinggi, with a reading of 8.39m.
“Two more rivers are in the Mersing district, namely Sungai Tenglu Kecil in Kampung Tenglu Kecil with a reading of 1.22m and Sungai Paya Dato’ with a reading of 1.35m,” he said in a statement, Bernama reported.
In Kelantan, the number of flood victims in the Tanah Merah sub-district decreased to 476 victims from 135 families yesterday, compared with 573 people from 178 families a day earlier.
The Disaster Information Portal of the Social Welfare Department showed that all victims were taking shelter in seven PPS.
In Terengganu, the two remaining PPS were closed yesterday, marking the end of the third wave of floods in the state.
The state disaster management committee secretariat said the PPS at Masjid Kampung La and Dewan Terbuka Kampung Belaoh in Besut were closed at 10am.
It said all 44 victims from 12 families at the two PPS were allowed to return home as floodwaters had receded.
The third wave of floods in Terengganu, which began on Sunday, saw more than 400 victims evacuated to PPS in three affected districts – Hulu Terengganu, Besut and Kemaman.
KUALA LUMPUR: The flood situation in Johor has worsened with the number of victims placed in temporary relief centres increasing slightly Tuesday (Dec 31) morning.
The situation has improved in Kelantan, while the number of victims in Terengganu has remained the same.
All the victims are housed at two relief centres in the Kota Tinggi district.
The centres are Dewan Kampung Baru Sungai Mas (13 victims, three families) and SK Gambut (39 victims, 11 families).
"Meanwhile, five rivers are at alert level in the state, namely Sungai Muar in Kampung Awat, Segamat with a reading of 19.31m; Sungai Kahang in Kampung Contoh, Kluang with a reading of 13.93m; Sungai Ulu Sedili Besar in Batu 52 Sedili, Kota Tinggi with a reading of 8.39m; Sungai Tenglu Kecil in Kampung Tenglu Kecil with a reading of 1.22m; and Sungai Paya Dato’ with a reading of 1.35m.
"Weather in three districts was reported to be cloudy this morning, namely Mersing, Batu Pahat and Kota Tinggi, while other districts had sunny skies,” he said in a statement.
In KELANTAN, the number of evacuees in the Tanah Merah sub-district continued to decrease to 476 people from 135 families Tuesday morning compared to 573 people from 178 families the day before.
The Disaster Information Portal of the Social Welfare Department showed that all victims were taking shelter in seven relief centres.
In TERENGGANU, the state disaster committee secretariat announced that the flood situation this morning has not changed with the number of victims remaining at 44 people from 12 families, the same as the night before.
They are being housed at the Kampung La Mosque relief cetnre and the Kampung Belaoh Open Hall in Besut.
According to the publicinfobanjir.water.gov.my website, only Sungai Nerus in Kampung Bukit in Setiu has exceeded the warning level; while Sungai Terengganu at the Pulau Bahagia Pump House in Kuala Terengganu has exceeded the alert level. – Bernama
