S'gor floods: Dozens stranded in Setia Alam, Bandar Bukit Raja, forced to sleep in their vehicles

SHAH ALAM: Dozens of residents in Setia Alam and Bukit Raja, as well as Meru in Klang, had to spend the night in their cars on Friday (Dec 17) night when roads to their homes were flooded due to downpours since Friday morning.

In Setia Alam, the main roads connecting Meru to Bandar Bukit Raja in Klang were under 2m to 3m deep floodwaters since late Friday night, causing many road users who left work late to be stranded and unable to reach home until noon Saturday (Dec 18).

A Bernama check on the main road connecting Setia Alam to Meru found that vehicles were seen on both sides of the road that was only accessible by heavy vehicles.

Mohd Faizol Adzhar Mohd Mohtar, 34, said he had to leave his car in a parking lot about 2km from his house in Bandar Bukit Raja and walk home.

"I left my office in Kuala Lumpur at 9.30pm last night and I stopped for a dinner break because the traffic was congested, and upon reaching Setia Alam at about midnight, I found all the roads to my house were flooded.

"It was raining heavily at that time and I decided to sleep in the car because I did not want to take the risk of wading through the floodwaters,” he told Bernama Saturday.

At about 10am Saturday, he decided to walk the 2km home because the floodwaters showed no signs of receding.

Mohamad Imran Hakim Mohd Nazri, 19, who worked at a restaurant in Setia Alam said he had to sleep at the premises after the surrounding area was flooded.

"I finished work at the restaurant at about 12.30am and by that time, the water had risen as high as 2m outside the restaurant,” he said.

Imran, who lives in Sungai Kapar Indah, about 10km from Setia Alam, described the floods as the worst he had ever experienced.

"I am now still at work and can’t go home. I hope the rain will stop soon so that the water doesn’t rise again,” he said. - Bernama