RANTAU PANJANG: Penduduk di lebih 20 buah kampung di sini merayu Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim untuk campur tangan dengan membina terusan pintas bagi menyelesaikan banjir buruk melanda penempatan mereka susulan pembinaan Projek Pembangunan Lembangan Sungai Bersepadu (PLSB) Sungai Golok.

Penghulu Tanpa Mukim Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Gual Periok, Sabri Muhammad berkata, pembinaan itu merupakan langkah terbaik sekali gus mengurangkan risiko banjir buruk yang perlu dihadapi sejak PLBS Sungai Golok bermula 2021.

Katanya, cadnagan pembinaan terusan itu melibatkan Sungai Lanchang-Lemal-Alor Mengkuang sejauh 14.2 meter yang dijangka mampu mengubah aliran air banjir terus ke Sungai Pengkalan Nangka di Tumpat.

“Air banjir itu kemudiannya akan terus mengalir ke Laut China Selatan. Pada masa sama ia berupaya menghapuskan fenomena arus songsang yang menjadi punca utama banjir besar dan banjir termenung.

“Pembinaan itu juga turut mampu menurunkan paras banjir antara 1 hingga 3.5 meter. Penyelesaian ini adalah satu-satunya intervensi teknikal yang menyelesaikan masalah dari akar umbi dan bukan sekadar penyelesaian sementara,” katanya kepada pemberita di sini hari ini.

Sabri memberitahu, kaedah yang telah digunakan sebelum ini termasuk pembinaan ban dan terowong air tidak mencukupi dan kurang berkesan dalam membantu menyelesaikan punca utama banjir.

Katanya, penduduk berharap Perdana Menteri dapat campur tangan dan melihat masalah ini sebaik mungkin supaya ia tidak berulang sekali gus mengurangkan kerugian dialami penduduk.

“Sejak 2022 lalu (pembinaan PLSB Sungai Golok), penduduk di kawasan ini berdepan banjir buruk sehingga air mencecah paras bumbung sekali gus terburuk dalam sejarah.

“Sebelum PLSB Sungai Golok, banjir sering melanda kampung kami, namun diparas biasa sahaja dan tidak melibatkan kerosakan yang teruk,” ujarnya.

Media sebelum ini melaporkan, penduduk kampung berdekatan projek tebatan banjir, Projek Pembangunan Lembangan Sungai Bersepadu (PLSB) Sungai Golok, menggesa kerajaan membina terowong pada benteng terbabit bagi mengatasi masalah air tersekat.

Gesaan penduduk Kampung Tersang, Kampung Bendang Perol dan Kampung Gual To’Deh itu berikutan ratusan rumah berdepan pula masalah banjir termenung sejak hampir sebulan kerana air tidak dapat mengalir ke sungai.-UTUSAN

MIRI (Dec 10): A total of 12 longhouses and five primary schools in the Beluru district were inundated on Tuesday, with floodwaters rising up to five feet following a high-tide phenomenon compounded by continuous heavy rainfall since Monday.

It is learnt that the situation has affected more than 2,000 people, including residents, teachers and students.

Marudi Civil Defence Force (APM) officer Lt (PA) Mirwan Shah Masri in a statement on Wednesday, said four longhouses in Long Tisam Tinjar were the worst hit, with water reaching up to five feet and affecting over 500 residents.

He said the areas recording the highest water levels included Long Tisam A Tinjar (34 doors, 178 residents), Long Tisam B Tinjar (28 doors, 145 residents), Long Tisam C Tinjar (38 doors, 230 residents) and Long Tisam D Tinjar (10 doors, 32 residents) – all seeing floodwaters rising to five feet.

“Several other longhouses in Bakong, Tinjar and nearby areas were also inundated, with water depths ranging from 1.2 to three feet.

“These included Rumah Anthony Ladi, Lepong Ajai (three feet); Rumah Apoi Sungai Liam Libau (1.5 metres); Rumah Kujat, Lepong Ajai Liam Atas (three feet); Rumah Janggu Sungai Seputi (two feet); Rumah Sulutan Sungai Seputi (1.2 feet); Rumah Adin Sungai Kelabit (two feet); and Rumah Sofia Sungai Kelabit Baruh (2.5 feet),” he said.

He added that the only area showing receding water as of 8am on Wednesday was Rumah Emah Sungai Liam, Bakong, with levels dropping to between one and two feet.

Mirwan also revealed that five primary schools were also affected — SK Lepong Ajai, SK Sungai Liam, SK Sungai Kelabit, SK Sungai Seputi and SK Sungai Entulang.

“Another school, SK Pengalayan, was flooded up to three feet as of Wednesday morning,” he said. He assured that the flood situation in Beluru is still under control and that monitoring efforts will continue.

KUCHING, 10 Dis: Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (METMalaysia) menasihatkan orang ramai agar bersiap siaga menghadapi hujan lebat Monsun Timur Laut (MTL) 2025/2026 yang dijangka berterusan sehingga Mac 2026.

Dalam satu kenyataan, METMalaysia memaklumkan bahawa sepanjang tempoh MTL, antara lima hingga tujuh episod hujan lebat berterusan diramal berlaku.

“Hujan lebat berterusan bagi tempoh beberapa hari boleh mengakibatkan kejadian banjir di kawasan berhampiran sungai dan kawasan berkedudukan rendah.

“Tiupan angin timur laut yang berterusan dan kencang juga boleh menyebabkan laut bergelora serta meningkatkan risiko kenaikan paras laut di perairan Laut China Selatan,” katanya dalam kenyataan tersebut.

Sementara itu, Angkatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia (APM) Sarawak dalam satu kenyataan sebelum ini memaklumkan bahawa sehingga jam 12 tengah hari tadi, sebanyak empat Pusat Pemindahan Sementara (PPS) telah dibuka melibatkan daerah Bintulu, Miri dan Subis. – TVS

KUANTAN, Dec 10 — The Pahang government has been urged to consider providing rental assistance to residents of Block C of the Puncak Arabella Apartments in Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands, who were affected by the landslide incident near their homes on November 28.

Ho Chi Yang (PH-Tanah Rata) said nine families involving 39 individuals are still housed at the temporary evacuation centre (PPS).

“Therefore, I hope that rental assistance be provided to the affected residents while they wait for slope repair works to be completed,” he said during the debate on the Pahang Budget 2026 at the State Assembly sitting at Wisma Sri Pahang today.

Previously, the Cameron Highlands District Disaster Management Committee reported that 24 housing units involving 91 residents from Block C were ordered to evacuate to the PPS at the Puncak Arabella Hall due to safety concerns.

At the same time, Ho said incidents such as this highlight the need to expand the installation of landslide early warning systems, particularly in residential areas in Cameron Highlands.

“For slopes located in residential areas, I urge that a dedicated allocation be provided by either the federal or state government, particularly to local authorities (PBTs), to install landslide early warning systems in high-risk neighbourhoods,” he said.

In the same debate, Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Johari Hussain (BN-Tioman) also called for urgent state intervention to address the severe coastal erosion caused by strong waves that recently struck Kampung Kuala Pontian.

He said the incident had endangered residents and damaged infrastructure, including 10 chalets, two houses and a restaurant.

As such, he urged the relevant authorities to take immediate action to address the issue, including considering an allocation of between RM500,000 and RM1 million to build a wave-retaining wall or another suitable protective structure.

The sitting continues today. — Bernama