Larut, Matang And Selama Flooded, 17 Evacuated To Relief Centre Tonight

IPOH, June 14 (Bernama) -- Seventeen people from eight families have been evacuated to a relief  centre at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Batu Hampar after floods hit Kampung Sungai Rotan, Trong in the district of Larut, Matang and Selama tonight.

The district’s Civil Defence Force operations control centre said that a report about the flooding was received at 5.40 pm and that it was caused by two hours of continuous rain and clogged drains.

“The flooding around Kampung Sungai Rotan was reported to be swift-moving, with a depth about 0.5 metres, but was receding at 6.21 pm even though it is still raining,” the centre said in a statement today.

Meanwhile, the district’s disaster management committee chairman Mohd Nasrul Menhat said the relief centre opened at 8 pm tonight, following flooding in Kampung Batu 23 and Kampung Batu 25, Sungai Rotan, Batu Hampar.

-- BERNAMA