Residents in flood-prone areas prepare for more misery

Brace for the worst: Govindoo and her granddaughter S. Dhariishene, 14, looking at the sandbags placed in front of their home to prevent flooding.

BALIK PULAU: Two days after being hit by a deluge, a village in Batu Ferringhi was flooded again after a 30-minute downpour.

Batu Ferringhi Village Develop-ment and Security Committee chairman Ahmad Jassin said 25 houses in Kampung Batu Ferringhi were inundated yesterday.