Panic-buying up north as taps run dry

Precious resource: People queueing up to buy bottles of drinking water at a shop in Teluk Kumbar, George Town, during the water disruption. — Bernama

GEORGE TOWN: As if scarce rain and drying dams were not enough, an overnight system fault along Sungai Muda sent a million Penangites and Kedahans scrambling for water after taps ran dry.

The populace “raided” supermarkets and cleared shelves out of drinking water bottles.