Everything gone in one night


Major damage: The flash flood destroyed all the belongings in Santi’s house including their furniture and electrical appliances.

PETALING JAYA: A family of eight will not be able to celebrate Deepavali after a destructive flash flood left them with only their identification cards.

“We lost everything, ” said Santhi Krishnan whose house in Taman Happy, Seremban, was inundated by two metres of floodwaters following heavy rain on Tuesday.

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