KUALA LUMPUR – Hujan lebat petang ini mengakibatkan beberapa lokasi di sekitar ibu negara dilanda banjir kilat sehingga menyebabkan beberapa kenderaan terperangkap.

Pusat Gerakan Operasi Kuala Lumpur dalam kenyataan berkata, pihaknya menerima panggilan kecemasan melibatkan beberapa kawasan terjejas hari ini.

Menurutnya, kejadian di Jalan Awan Kecil, Taman OUG merupakan antara yang paling teruk apabila melibatkan lima buah  kereta terperangkap akibat banjir kilat.
“Panggilan diterima pada pukul 4.23 petang sebelum anggota dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Sri Petaling tiba di lokasi pada pukul 4.31 petang,” katanya hari ini.

Sementara itu, di Jalan Kuchai Lama menghala Jalan Klang Lama, dua buah kereta dilaporkan terperangkap selepas laluan dinaiki air.

Tambahnya, sebuah kereta turut dilaporkan terperangkap dalam takungan air di terowong Lebuh Raya Kuala Lumpur-Seremban menghala Sri Petaling.

“Hasil pemantauan mendapati hanya berlaku takungan air dan keadaan berjaya dikawal tanpa sebarang kemalangan jiwa,” katanya. – KOSMO! ONLINE

PETALING JAYA – Hujan lebat petang ini menyebabkan dua lebuh raya utama di Lembah Klang mengalami kesesakan teruk susulan kejadian banjir kilat yang menjejaskan aliran trafik.

Kejadian pertama dilaporkan kira-kira pukul 4.14 petang di Lebuh Raya Baru Pantai (NPE) melibatkan laluan Kuchai Link menuju ke lebuh raya tersebut.

Maklumat awal menunjukkan semua lorong terhalang selepas air naik mendadak sehingga menyebabkan  kenderaan tidak dapat melalui kawasan berkenaan.

Sementara itu, Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) menerusi hantaran di media sosial memaklumkan satu lagi kejadian banjir kilat berlaku di Lebuh Raya Shah Alam (Kesas) Kilometer 48.0 berhampiran Persimpangan Awan Besar arah timur dari Kinrara.

KUCHING, May 6: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has confirmed that no seismic activity was detected in Kota Samarahan, despite reports of mysterious tremors experienced by residents.

“The National Weather and Geophysics Operations Center at MetMalaysia headquarters in Petaling Jaya operates 24/7 to monitor all earthquake activity,” he said.

However, residents in Kota Samarahan have described a different experience, with many reporting two distinct tremors — one at around 9.30am and another at 3pm.

A resident, Kudus Tony, 52, said he felt a brief tremor lasting a few seconds.

Another resident, Mohammad Zulfikar Daud, 30, described a more intense experience, saying the vibrations were accompanied by loud booming sounds.

“When it happened again, the deck vibrated. I grabbed my child’s hand. There were two booming sounds followed by shaking,” he said.

While no injuries or structural damage have been reported, the discrepancy between official data and residents’ accounts has prompted calls for further investigation.

MetMalaysia has advised the public to rely on verified channels for accurate and up-to-date seismic information. – TVS

He said it was especially concerning that the floods this evening were the latest of several that had hit the city over the past two weeks.

Lee said the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) had recently said the new local plan would account for development density and outline flood mitigation systems and infrastructure.

MBPJ said the local plan would also include designs to handle “once-in-a-hundred-years” events.

“However, these recurrent floods have raised questions that deserve serious attention. Our current approach to flood management needs to be reviewed,” he said in a Facebook post tonight.

Lee said he would ask MBPJ to submit a report as soon as possible to identify the cause of the floods and propose effective measures to prevent their recurrence.

Section 51A, which was among the areas affected today, was also hit on April 18 by flash floods described by local traders as the worst in 30 years, according to a Harian Metro report.

The flash floods today, which followed heavy rain and strong winds, also inundated several main roads, including the Kuchai Link from Sungai Besi to Jalan Klang Lama in Kuala Lumpur.

A total of eight vehicles were trapped in the floods in three separate locations – Jalan Awan Kecil in Taman OUG, Jalan Kuchai Lama heading towards Jalan Klang Lama, and inside the Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Highway tunnel.