HULU TERENGGANU: Ajil assemblyman Maliaman Kassim endured a harrowing expertise when the lorry he was in was carried away by floodwaters near Sungai Kampung Lebak close to right here whereas on an aid mission.
He was with 13 members of the Terengganu Civil Defence Force when robust currents swept the lorry away. The get together was subsequently rescued by a Civil Defence Force workforce in a ship quarter-hour later.
Maliaman apologised to flood victims in Hulu Berang as all of the meals aid, together with rice, sardine cans and clothes, had been misplaced within the 2.15pm incident on Sunday (Feb 27) however he promised to rearrange help as quickly as potential.
He additionally knowledgeable Bernama this night that lots of of flood victims from the Felcra Gunung Menerong resettlement venture close to Ajil in Hulu Terengganu who sought refuge in a close-by hilly space after their homes had been flooded have been safely rescued.
Mohd Naqiuddin Hakimi Khairul Anuar, 31, a member of the family of one of many flood victims, stated that he managed to contact his sister, Fazeera Izyanie, 29, at round 6pm and was knowledgeable that residents from Kampung Felda Tersat had banded collectively and introduced boats to ferry these trapped within the space.
The plight of the trapped victims grew to become identified after pictures and movies displaying lots of of them escaping the floods went viral this morning.
Residents in different areas of Hulu Terengganu had been additionally not spared, with lots of them pressured to evacuate in a rush as floodwaters rose quickly.
In KELANTAN, the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department’s rescue operation was hampered when 300 residents from three villages – Kampung Pengkalan Pauh, Daram Buaya and Kampung Wakaf Bunut – all in Pasir Puteh, refused to be evacuated to aid centres.
Pasir Puteh Fire and Rescue Dept chief Azhar Elmi Mustofar stated the villagers feared that their homes could be damaged into and didn’t consider that the floods would attain their houses.
Meanwhile, a complete of 204 Jeli Polytechnic college students reported at their campus in Jeli for the 2021/2022 tutorial session at present regardless of flooding within the state since Thursday, Jeli Polytechnic director Ulaimi Yahya stated.
To stop the potential of spreading Covid-19, the polytechnic applied a drive-through course of for registration, which went easily regardless of the shortage of employees on account of floods, after which the scholars had been instantly despatched to their designated rooms.
Parents had been solely allowed to assist with bringing down their youngsters’s baggage and belongings from their automobiles.
In Pasir Mas, the Rantau Panjang Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security Complex (ICQS) has been closed on account of floods that hit the city and close by areas since yesterday, Kelantan Immigration Department director Azhar Ab Hamid stated.
He stated all business automobiles use various routes to the Bukit Bunga ICQS in Tanah Merah, which was nonetheless open as normal. – Bernama
