By The Straits Times | Created at 2025-01-11 02:54:35 | Updated at 2025-01-11 06:02:59
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JOHOR BAHRU - The ongoing rain since Jan 10 morning has resulted in hundreds of families in Johor’s Kota Tinggi district being evacuated from their homes to the temporary relief centres (PPS) due to rising floodwaters.
The Johor disaster management committee said that as of 8am on Jan 11, a total of 897 people from 303 families had been relocated to 13 PPS.
So far, only the Kota Tinggi district has been affected by the flood.
“The highest number of flood victims are from Taman Aman and Taman Mawai in Johor Lama, with a total of 489 people from 161 families.
“All of the victims are currently placed at SJKC New Kota, Sekolah Rendah Agama Bersepadu Kota Tinggi, and SK Laksamana,” it said in a statement.
Five rivers, Sungai Endau in Kluang, Sungai Johor near Kampung Siam, Sungai Pulai near Kampung Ulu Pulai, Sungai Skudai near Kampung Laut, and Sungai Tebrau near Taman Sri Pandan, are also recording dangerous level readings.
Six roads in Kota Tinggi are also closed off from all vehicles after being flooded.
The affected roads are Jalan Lok Heng-Mawai, Jalan Mawai Lama, Ladang Siang, Jalan Johor Baru-Endau, Jalan Kota Tinggi-Kluang, and Jalan Kota Tinggi-Sungai Rengit.
Earlier, the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) issued a continuous rain warning for Pahang, Johor, and several other states until Jan 12.
Meanwhile, Kota Tinggi police chief Yusof Othman said that a man was rescued after his car was swept away by the current at Jalan Liku Cina, near Taman Aman.
“The incident occurred at 11.30pm on Friday when some of the team were evacuating flood victims.
“The car was stuck on an electric pole while the driver was sitting on top of his vehicle,” he said, adding that the victim had lodged a police report on the incident. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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