Kuala Lumpur: Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (Metmalaysia) mengeluarkan amaran hujan berterusan tahap waspada sehingga 29 November di Kelantan, Terengganu dan Pahang, manakala bagi Perlis, Kedah dan

Perak pula mulai 26 November.

Amaran membabitkan seluruh Terengganu, manakala di Kelantan merangkumi Tumpat, Pasir Mas, Kota Bharu, Jeli, Tanah Merah, Bachok, Machang, Pasir Puteh serta Kuala Krai dan di Pahang meliputi Jerantut, Kuantan, Pekan dan Rompin.

Dalam kenyataan semalam, Metmalaysia mengeluarkan amaran sama sehingga 29 November bagi seluruh Perlis, selain Kubang Pasu, Pokok Sena,

Padang Terap, Pendang, Sik dan Baling di Kedah.

Di Pahang pula meliputi Tanah Tinggi Cameron, Lipis, Raub, Bentong, Temerloh, Maran dan Bera serta Hulu Perak di Perak dan Gua Musang di Kelantan.

Hujan berterusan juga dijangka di Sabah melibatkan kawasan Sandakan (Telupid, Beluran dan Sandakan) serta Kudat hingga 25 November.

NERUS: Five bodies, including three still wrapped in their shrouds, had to be reburied after being swept away by strong waves at the Kampung Pengkalan Maras Cemetery.

Kampung Pengkalan Maras village development and security committee chairman Mohd Isshamudin Ismail said the cemetery, located near the coast, has long been threatened by erosion, particularly during the monsoon season.

The high tide and strong waves on Friday night led to the displacement of five graves.

“The incident was noticed by villagers who visited the site around 9am today. In addition to the bodies, there were pieces of shrouds, bones, headstones and tomb covers in the sea,” he said during a visit to the cemetery yesterday, Bernama reported.

“Fortunately, villagers managed to recover the bodies, tomb covers, and some shroud fragments. The rest may have been carried out to sea.”

The affected families have been contacted and have made arrangements for the reburial of the bodies at the Gong Walit Cemetery in Mengabang Telipot, said Mohd Isshamudin.

He added that around 200 graves at the cemetery will need to be relocated due to worsening erosion.

“Authorities built a wall to prevent the waves from reaching the cemetery, but the wall is about five years old.

“In the past two or three days, the waves were so strong that the wall couldn’t withstand them.

“Most of the graves here are over 70 years old, but during the rainy season, villagers still bury their dead here because the new burial site is flooded,” he said.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department has issued a continuous rain alert for the three east coast states until Friday.

In a statement yesterday, the department said the warning covers the entire state of Terengganu, Kelantan (Tumpat, Pasir Mas, Kota Baru, Jeli, Tanah Merah, Bachok, Machang, Pasir Puteh and Kuala Krai) and Pahang (Jerantut, Kuantan, Pekan and Rompin).

A similar warning has also been issued for Tuesday to Friday, covering Perlis, Kedah (Kubang Pasu, Pokok Sena, Padang Terap, Pendang, Sik and Baling), Pahang (Cameron Highlands, Lipis, Raub, Bentong, Temerloh, Maran and Bera), Perak (Hulu Perak) and Kelantan (Gua Musang), Bernama reported.

Continuous rain is also expected in Sabah, specifically in Sandakan (Telupid, Beluran and Sandakan) and Kudat until tomorrow.

A woman suffering from gout had to stand in floodwaters in her house for six hours before being rescued by the Kelantan Civil Defence Force (APM).

Mazlina Mohamed, 45, said her home was flooded with water up to nearly a metre from morning and she was rescued at 3pm.

“I had to stand in the water and endure the pain as my family had just moved into this rented house two months ago and we still do not have any furniture,” said Mazlina who was taken to the temporary relief centre (PPS) at SMK Beris Panchor here.

“This is our first experience relocating to a PPS due to flooding. We rented the house despite knowing the area is flood-prone because it was our only option, and the rent is affordable at RM300 a month,” she told Bernama when met at the PPS yesterday.

She, her husband Mohd Riduan Harun, 45, and daughter Nur Aliya Maisarah Mohd Riduan, 19, moved to the PPS after being instructed to do so by the authorities.

Mazlina said she has been suffering from gout over the past two years and her condition worsened over the past week.

She said she was promptly treated by the district health centre staff at the PPS.

Another flood victim, Yasmin Syafiqah Anuar, 29, recalled being unable to sleep the night before as water began overflowing from the irrigation canals and padi fields near her home.

“I moved to the Kampung Budi housing area four months ago and didn’t know it was floodprone. I started packing and moving items to higher ground.

“By 8am, with water levels rising to nearly one metre, we were instructed by the authorities to evacuate and were transported to the PPS by Armed Forces personnel,” she said.

Yasmin said she chose to rent her current home because of its proximity to her husband’s workplace in Kota Baru.

Her husband, Mohd Junaidi Mohd Ikbal, 33, works with the local council, and she was accompanied by their three children, aged between one to eight.

Bachok district disaster management committee chairman Syamsul Abu Bakar said 40 flood victims from 11 families were relocated to the SMK Beris Panchor PPS on Friday.

“The PPS residents are provided with adequate facilities, including collapsible tents for each family. If the family is large, we provide additional resources to ensure their comfort.

“Once the victims arrive at the PPS, they are given retort-packaged ready-to-eat meals. We also work together to cook rice in a designated area to serve meals three times a day for the flood victims,” he said.

Syamsul said with support from the Social Welfare Department, led by its Bachok officer Zulfikri Abd Wahab, flood evacuees were provided with other essentials such as biscuits, packet drinks, mattress covers, blankets, towels, sarongs and hygiene kits.

He said the flood evacuees are cared for by personnel from several agencies.