Devastating floods of Dec 17 giving residents sleepless nights

BANTING, Jan 3 — Each time it rains, residents of Kampung Sungai Nangka in Kuala Langat near here become restless and find it difficult to sleep after their village was inundated in the Dec 17 floods.Yesterday, the nightmare returned to haunt Azlina J…

Istana Negara Disaster Relief Team continues to help flood victims in Karak, Pahang

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 — The Istana Negara Disaster Relief Team today continued to help flood victims with the clean-up of houses and the surrounding areas in Taman Wijaya, Karak, Pahang.Istana Negara in a post via its official Facebook page informed tha…

Fire Dept asked to prioritise states, districts cut off from supplies – Reezal

SEGAMAT, Jan 3 — The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department has been asked to prioritse states and districts that are cut off from supplies due to flooded routes.Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican said many ro…

RISDA steps in to offer flood relief to rubber tappers

BERA, Jan 3 — Since mid-November last year, Rohani Jamaluddin who taps rubber for a living could not go to work due to the wet season.Things took a turn for the worse when her house and rubber plantation were flooded for the second time within a year….

Aminah Dollah well-prepared after 15 years living with floods in Mersing

MERSING, Jan 3 — Having gone through floods almost every year since making Kampung Pengkalan Batu here her home about 15 years ago, has taught Aminah Dollah to always be prepared especially in preparing to protect and store valuable items.Aminah, 56,…

Breached bund, high tide, rains traumatise residents in Bukit Changgang

SEPANG, Jan 3 — With the grey skies still opening up, most of the traumatised residents at Kampung Bukit Changgang in, Kuala Langat here now worry about the breached bund of a nearby river early this morning, fearing that another tide of flooding wil…

Kluang flood victims accept fate, thankful situation not severe

KLUANG, Jan 3 — A septuagenarian living in Kampung Muhibbah, Paloh near here had lost her husband a week before their home was struck by floods.According to Alizan Mohd Amin, 36, his mother Jamililah Mo’min, 78 was still grieving over his father who p…