Single mum heartbroken over flood damage to her business


By AGENCY
Situation after floods at jalan Tiong Nam in chow kit, Kuala Lumpur. Many families around the peninsular were affected by flash floods due to almost non-stop rain on Friday and Saturday last week. -SHAARI CHEMAT /The Star

A single mother was heartbroken to see the grocery store she had been running for just three months destroyed in the blink of an eye due to floods following heavy rain over the weekend.

S.N.Subima, 46, said she has suffered losses of about RM40,000 as all the equipment and furniture in her shop were also destroyed due to the floods.

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