Firemen have their hands full with rain

Wet affair: Shoppers wading through the bazaar stretch along Jalan Melayu that was struck by flash floods due to Klang River overflow.

KUALA LUMPUR: Firemen have been kept busy by the rainy wea­ther, tending to reports of flash floods, landslides and clogged drains around the Klang Valley.

Five firemen were despatched to the Riverdale Park Apartments in Bukit Antarabangsa, Ampang, after receiving a report of a 15m landslide near Block B at about 4pm yesterday.