Submerged cars can be seen on this flooded road in Section 20 in Shah Alam.
TAMAN SRI MUDA residents are once again on the receiving end of one of the worst floods in the Klang Valley.
Thousands of residents in the Section 25, Shah Alam housing area have been displaced, with scores still stranded in their homes.
Kota Kemuning assemblyman V. Ganabatirau, who visited the area yesterday, said evacuation and rescue efforts were ongoing.
“The rain has not stopped and water levels keep rising,” he said.
Ganabatirau, who is also state socio-economic development, social welfare and workers empowerment committee chairman, said volunteers from several non-governmental organisations have been assisting in the operations.
In some instances, firefighters from the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department have had to cut window grilles on the second floor of homes to rescue victims with senior citizens and children prioritised.
Teacher S. Thangaswaran, 55, who lives along Jalan 25/113, said he managed to wade through chest-high waters with eight members of his family last night just before the first floor of his house became submerged.
“Our family has been in this neighbourhood for two decades. This is the worst floods since 1998,” he said.
Gurdip Singh, 60, his wife Manjit Kaur, 52, and son Sukhdeep, 27, have been trapped on the second floor of their home at Jalan Tokoh Satu, 25/28A, Taman Sri Muda, since 11pm on Saturday.
His daughter Sharanjit Kaur said more boats needed to be deployed to help those stranded.
Engineer Shukri Majid, 53, was seen removing the roof tiles to get his family to safety as water swirled inside his single- storey house.
University student S. Vetha managed to move out before floodwaters submerged the house and has since checked into a budget hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
Hundreds of residents were placed at schools and community halls that have been turned into temporary relief centres.
Others affected are putting up at their relatives’ homes.
In Klang, floodwaters were still knee-high in several neighbourhoods while rescue operations at the riverfront were ongoing.
Submerged cars can be seen on this flooded road in Section 20 in Shah Alam.
Hundreds of motorists could not go further at the Jalan Persiaran Jubli Perak, Shah Alam flyover yesterday. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star
Help is near: Residents waiting to be evacuated at Pangsapuri Damai, Taman Sri Muda in Section 25, Shah Alam. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star
