IPOH: A few hours of heavy rain resulted in flash floods at Kampung Tengah, Bukit Semanggol in Bagan Serai, over 70km from here, early Sunday (Sept 18).
The Perak Flood Management Committee secretariat said in a statement that 12 people from three families were evacuated to the flood relief centre (PPS) at Dewan Semanggol at noon today as their homes were inundated by flood waters.
"Sixteen personnel from various agencies including the Civil Defence Force, police and Social Welfare Department are stationed at the PPS for monitoring,” it said.
Bagan Serai Fire and Rescue station chief Ahmad Noor Syamsi Zainoldin said eight of its members were involved in cleaning up the affected homes and hostel and parts of Sekolah Menengah Agama Ma'had Al-Ehya' Asshariff,” he said when contacted.
He added that the flood waters, which rose to less than a metre around 3am, had receded but Bomba was still being watchful as there were dark clouds over the Kerian district. - Bernama
