Second Wave Of Floods hit Johor
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The floods have returned! Non-stop rain for 48 hours
Still reeling from the first wave of monster floods two weeks ago, people here are now bearing the brunt of the second wave.
A number of roads are impassable after 48 hours of relentless rain from Thursday morning.
Kilometre 24 and Km26 of Jalan Kota Tinggi-Kulai are closed to traffic, while Km24 of Jalan Kota Tinggi-Kluang is open only to heavy vehicles.
Some 2,000 people from more than 400 households were evacuated to 14 relief centres yesterday.
Many children couldn’t get to school as their school buses couldn’t get through.
Johor has been hit by a second wave of floods within a month as 11,446 people were evacuated overnight, most of them from south Johor Baharu, following rain for two days.
This has raised the number of evacuees to 13,638, up from 2,192 as at 10pm yesterday.
A spokesman of the Johor police flood operations room said today south Johor Baharu had 5,161 evacuees, followed by Kluang with 4,084, north Johor Baharu 2,004, Kota Tinggi 1,360, Batu Pahat 754, Segamat 210, Mersing 55 and Pontian 10.
Altogether, 76 flood evacuation centres had been reopened as at 8am today, he said.
A landslide along Jalan Johor Baharu leading to Kota Tinggi has forced the partial closure of the road at Ulu Tiram.
The Department of Meteorology has forecast incessant rain for two days from yesterday.
The flood situation in Johor has turned for the worse following continuous rain over the past few days, resulting in the evacuation of 18,753 victims to 107 relief centres and the town of Kota Tinggi severely inundated.
In less than a month, Kota Tinggi has been hit again by floods. Its major road arteries have again been cut off except for Jalan Johor Baharu-Sungai Sayong-Kota Tinggi.
Kota Tinggi District Information Officer Abdul Razak Mohammad said the water level of Sungai Johor, runs through the historic town, had breached the danger level and now was at 2.9 metres.
He said that continuous rain since Thursday, coupled with the high tide at 5.00pm Friday caused the river to overflow into Taman Kota Jaya there.
"So far, 15 relief centres have been opened to provide shelter for 1,999 victims," he said.
He also said that the road to Mersing could only be used by heavy vehicles as the Jalan Mersing-Sri Perani road was flooded under 0.5 metres of water.
As for other areas in JOHOR, Kluang recorded the highest number of evacuees at 6,482 people, followed by South Johor Baharu with 5,720 victims; North Johor Baharu (3,021), Batu Pahat (913), Segamat (465), Pontian (91) and Mersing (62).
The non-stop rain flooded several roads in downtown Johor Baharu between 0.3 to 0.5 metres of water making them passable to only heavy vehicles.
A Johor Education Department spokesman said that a total of 46 schools in the state had to be closed Friday due to the floods and that 31 of them had been converted into relief centres.
Johor Police Chief Datuk Hussin Ismail said that the flood operations room at the Plentong Police Station in Johor Baharu had to be shifted to the Johor Police headquarters because it became flooded in two metres of water.
So far no new casualties have been reported, keeping the death toll due floods in the state 15 killed since the disaster struck three weeks ago.
In BATU PAHAT, the water at the Semberong Dam, built in 1984, hit an unprecedented level of 12.92 metres as of late Friday evening, 0.92 metres higher than its danger level of 12 metres.
"The rise was sudden. Within 24 hours, the level had risen by almost one metre," one of the workers at the dam told Bernama.
Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department said in a statement that the flood situation in the state would worsen further as the wet spell in Johor is expected to continue until Monday.
It said that moderate to heavy rain, triggered by the Northeast monsoon blowing across the South China Sea, will also hit Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Terengganu, parts of Sabah and Sarawak.
In SABAH, Kota Marudu district officer Matius Sator said that a total of 229 flood victims were still being sheltered at relief centres, of which 43 were transferred from Kg Marudu Laut to Sekolah Kebangsaan Ranau Thursday morning.
Malaysia flood help
The floods have returned! Non-stop rain for 48 hours
Still reeling from the first wave of monster floods two weeks ago, people here are now bearing the brunt of the second wave.
A number of roads are impassable after 48 hours of relentless rain from Thursday morning.
Kilometre 24 and Km26 of Jalan Kota Tinggi-Kulai are closed to traffic, while Km24 of Jalan Kota Tinggi-Kluang is open only to heavy vehicles.
Some 2,000 people from more than 400 households were evacuated to 14 relief centres yesterday.
Many children couldn’t get to school as their school buses couldn’t get through.
Johor has been hit by a second wave of floods within a month as 11,446 people were evacuated overnight, most of them from south Johor Baharu, following rain for two days.
This has raised the number of evacuees to 13,638, up from 2,192 as at 10pm yesterday.
A spokesman of the Johor police flood operations room said today south Johor Baharu had 5,161 evacuees, followed by Kluang with 4,084, north Johor Baharu 2,004, Kota Tinggi 1,360, Batu Pahat 754, Segamat 210, Mersing 55 and Pontian 10.
Altogether, 76 flood evacuation centres had been reopened as at 8am today, he said.
A landslide along Jalan Johor Baharu leading to Kota Tinggi has forced the partial closure of the road at Ulu Tiram.
The Department of Meteorology has forecast incessant rain for two days from yesterday.
The flood situation in Johor has turned for the worse following continuous rain over the past few days, resulting in the evacuation of 18,753 victims to 107 relief centres and the town of Kota Tinggi severely inundated.
In less than a month, Kota Tinggi has been hit again by floods. Its major road arteries have again been cut off except for Jalan Johor Baharu-Sungai Sayong-Kota Tinggi.
Kota Tinggi District Information Officer Abdul Razak Mohammad said the water level of Sungai Johor, runs through the historic town, had breached the danger level and now was at 2.9 metres.
He said that continuous rain since Thursday, coupled with the high tide at 5.00pm Friday caused the river to overflow into Taman Kota Jaya there.
"So far, 15 relief centres have been opened to provide shelter for 1,999 victims," he said.
He also said that the road to Mersing could only be used by heavy vehicles as the Jalan Mersing-Sri Perani road was flooded under 0.5 metres of water.
As for other areas in JOHOR, Kluang recorded the highest number of evacuees at 6,482 people, followed by South Johor Baharu with 5,720 victims; North Johor Baharu (3,021), Batu Pahat (913), Segamat (465), Pontian (91) and Mersing (62).
The non-stop rain flooded several roads in downtown Johor Baharu between 0.3 to 0.5 metres of water making them passable to only heavy vehicles.
A Johor Education Department spokesman said that a total of 46 schools in the state had to be closed Friday due to the floods and that 31 of them had been converted into relief centres.
Johor Police Chief Datuk Hussin Ismail said that the flood operations room at the Plentong Police Station in Johor Baharu had to be shifted to the Johor Police headquarters because it became flooded in two metres of water.
So far no new casualties have been reported, keeping the death toll due floods in the state 15 killed since the disaster struck three weeks ago.
In BATU PAHAT, the water at the Semberong Dam, built in 1984, hit an unprecedented level of 12.92 metres as of late Friday evening, 0.92 metres higher than its danger level of 12 metres.
"The rise was sudden. Within 24 hours, the level had risen by almost one metre," one of the workers at the dam told Bernama.
Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department said in a statement that the flood situation in the state would worsen further as the wet spell in Johor is expected to continue until Monday.
It said that moderate to heavy rain, triggered by the Northeast monsoon blowing across the South China Sea, will also hit Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Terengganu, parts of Sabah and Sarawak.
In SABAH, Kota Marudu district officer Matius Sator said that a total of 229 flood victims were still being sheltered at relief centres, of which 43 were transferred from Kg Marudu Laut to Sekolah Kebangsaan Ranau Thursday morning.
So, here's another plea from those of us fortunate enough to be dry, clean and safe. The Red Crescent Johor branch needs your help once again. Please send essential goods, tinned food, foam mattresses, blankets, disposable diapers, sanitary napkins, women's underwear, to be sent to the Malaysian Red Crescent Society's Bilik Gerakan/Flood Relief Centre, Puteri-Pacific Hotel, JB, tel: 07-219-9995, 07-219-9996. Money donations are also welcomed.
And if you have time to go down and help, they wouldn't mind that either.
- Marina M
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