Civil Defence personnel carrying out monitoring at Sungai Anak Bukit in Kota Setar, Kedah, after the river breached warning levels at about noon Sunday (Oct 9), - Photo: BERNAMA
ALOR SETAR: The water level of Sungai Padang Terap in Kampung Kubu in the Padang Terap district continued to exceed the danger level at 14.07m as at 8am Monday (Oct 10) compared to 13.79m on Sunday (Oct 9).
Kedah Civil Defence Force (APM) Disaster Management Committee secretariat head Major (PA) Muhammad Suhaimi Mohd Zain said this was far beyond the set danger level of 13.02m.
He said the increase in the water level was due to rain in surrounding areas last night.
"Meanwhile, three rivers in three districts are still recording water levels above the warning level - Sungai Perik in Padang Terap (11.76m); Sungai Anak Bukit in Kota Setar (2.29m) and Beris Dam in Sik (84.10m),” he told Bernama Monday.
In the meantime, Suhaimi said 154 flood victims from 49 families are still taking shelter at the temporary evacuation centre at Kompleks Rakan Muda in Baling on Monday morning.
"A total of 28 villages were affected by floods, including Kampung Temusu, Kampung Dusun, Kampung Iboi, Kampung Memali, Kampung Tualang and several other villages located near the river area,” he said. - Bernama
