40 families in Dengkil hit by floods

Compiled by JUNAID IBRAHIM, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

SOME 40 families in Dengkil, Selangor, suffered heavy losses after their homes were hit by the worst flood ever, Makkal Osai reported.

The 182 residents of the Ampar Tenang Indian settlement are used to floods during a heavy downpours, but the storm on Aug 19 saw the water level rose to more than a metre, said MIC information chief Datuk V. Gunalan.