Several areas in Gombak, Seremban hit by flash floods

KUALA LUMPUR: Several areas in Gombak were hit by flash floods following a two-hour downpour in the capital here yesterday.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant operation director Mohd Sani Harul said several areas among them 7½ Mile Hulu Kelang and Kampung Sungai Pusu were submerged in 0.2m to 0.5m of water following rain at 4pm.
"The heavy downpour caused Sungai Klang to overflow to nearby housing areas affecting two to four houses but no victims were evacuated," he said when contacted here yesterday.
Meanwhile, Mohd Sani said heavy rain also caused the side of a road at Taman Mulia Jaya, Ampang near here to collapse.
"In the 5.30pm incident a Proton Wira car was damaged but no one was injured," he added.
Meanwhile, in SEREMBAN, 11 houses in Taman Jasper and Taman Pulasan near here were hit by flash floods following heavy rain this evening.
Seremban District Civil Defence Force officer Mohd Najib Abd Karim said 16 families from the two housing estates were affected by the floods caused by a heavy downpour from 4pm.
"Apart from heavy rain, poor maintenance of the river banks which resulted in erosion also contributed to the flash floods yesterday. So far we have not opened any relief centre and the situation is under control as the flood water has started to recede," he said in a statement here yesterday. — Bernama