Bomba closely monitoring rivers, waterfalls in Perak after heavy rain

IPOH: Water is gushing down several rivers and waterfalls in Perak following heavy rain since Sunday (May 12) night.

Perak Fire and Rescue Department operations division assistant director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said they are observing affected areas to ensure no untoward incidents occur.

"It has been raining heavily in Kampar and Tapah since Sunday night.

"The Kampar River is still swollen to dangerous levels even on Monday (May 13) morning, but there were no flash floods that required people to be evacuated," he said.

"We are also monitoring the Lata Kinjang and Lata Iskandar waterfalls because of the heavy flowing water," he said.

Several videos of gushing water from the Lata Iskandar waterfall have gone viral on social media.