Loved ones cut off by floodwaters


Phone contact: Komathy talking to her brother N. Satha Sivam, 37, via a video call. In the background is the submerged road connecting Yong Peng and Chaah. — THOMAS YONG/The Star

YONG PENG: With many roads in Johor submerged, families are finding themselves separated by bodies of water from their loved ones.

Canteen operator N. Komathy, 41, who lives in Yong Peng, has been unable to visit her brother in Chaah after access between the two areas was cut off by floodwaters.

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