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Published: Tuesday November 2, 2010 MYT 12:51:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday November 2, 2010 MYT 1:58:22 PM

Floods: More people evacuated in Perlis; schools closed

KANGAR: The flood situation in Perlis worsened Tuesday morning with the number of evacuees rising to more than 3,000 compared with about 1,600 Monday night. A spokesman from the Flood Operations Room of the Perlis Welfare Department said the victims were being accommodated in 23 relief centres.

Operations to trace victims who needed to be evacuated were still being carried out in all the affected areas. On Tuesday night, Perlis Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Md Isa Sabu visited the victims in several areas while former mentri besar Datuk Seri Dr Shahidan Kassim braved the flood waters to visit victims in the Tambun Tulang area.

The Perlis Education Department ordered 11 schools to be closed Tuesday due to the floods. State Education Director Mansor Lat said the directive was only effective Tuesday and a new directive would be issued if there was a need to close the schools Wednesday.

A check by Bernama showed that several roads in Kangar were inundated as well as several public buildings including the Hospital Tuanku Fauziah (HTF) which were flooded. Residents in Taman Bukit Kayangan, near here were also scrambling to save their belongings since the water level rose Monday night.

Many residents in housing estates on the suburbs of Kangar had moved out because of the rising water level. In KEDAH, residents in the Kubang Pasu district, especially those areas affected by the big floods in 2005, were advised to be prepared to move quickly to a safer place because the water level was expected to rise.

District Officer Datuk Noh Dahya said the report from the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) and the Muda Agricultural Development Authority (Mada) showed that the water level in Kubang Pasu would rise due to water flow from the Padang Terap district. "Within six hours from 11.30 this morning, the water level will rise and possibly there will be a major flood such as the one in 2005, so we advise all residents to be prepared.

"So far, almost the whole district is affected and residents in 33 villages in 16 mukim had been evacuated to relief centres," he told Bernama, here Tuesday. He said the water level in all Mada canals and rivers in the district had exceeded the danger level. In 2005, more than 11,000 residents were affected by the flood in Kubang Pasu. - Bernama

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Thursday November 4, 2010

Two drown as floods worsen in three states

ALOR SETAR: The death toll has risen to two and more than 36,000 people have been driven to relief centres as the floods in Perlis, Kedah and Kelantan worsened, forcing the closure of roads, rail services, schools and government offices. Kedah is the worst hit of the three states, where the floods have claimed two lives so far and forced the evacuation of 25,088 people as at 5pm as well as washed out the plans of several Hindu families to celebrate Deepavali on Friday.

A 64-year-old German woman, Erna Fischer, who went missing on Monday night while trying to leave her son’s house at Kampung Kerenjis Kota Giam near Jitra, was found dead by a search team at 5.45pm yesterday not far from her house which was hit by floods.



Saving furniture: Two women moving a cupboard across floodwaters after their home was affected in Titi Gajah, Alor Setar, Wednesday

Form One student Mohd Zaki Amani Shaari, 13, drowned after he slipped and fell into a flooded padi field while fishing with his brother in Kampung Charok Bongor in Padang Terap. Two sisters are also feared drowned after falling into a canal at Kampung Telaga Mas in Alor Setar yesterday. They have been identified as Siti Nadia Shukor, 13, and Sharifah Shukor, eight.

A 14-year-old girl, who was riding the machine with Siti and Sharifah riding pillion, lost control and they ended up in the canal. The rider managed to cling on a tree branch until villagers rescued her while the two sisters were swept away by the strong current. The number of evacuees in Kubang Pasu had increased to 15,616. Up to 11,411 people had moved out of their homes in Perlis and 475 in Kelantan.

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Flood waters cover a town in Alor Setar, state capital of Kedah, northern Malaysia, Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. (AP Photo)

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A resident looks out at a town submerged by flood waters in Alor Setar, state capital of Kedah, northern Malaysia, Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. (AP Photo)

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Motorists drive through a flooded road in Alor Setar, state capital of Kedah, northern Malaysia, Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. (AP Photo)