Floods triggered by the high-tide phenomenon forced the evacuation of 224 people from 52 families to three relief centres in Selangor overnight, while in Kedah, 132 people involving 30 families had been moved to flood evacuation centres.

The evacuees in Selangor were from Kampung Sungai Air Tawar, Sabak Bernam (57 residents), Kampung Tok Muda, Kapar, Klang (152) and Kampung Tok Adam, Tanjong Karang (15), said Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) Mohd Sani Harul.

The relief centres were opened at the Kampung Tok Muda hall, Lorong Hamzah 2 community hall in Kampung Tok Adam and Sungai Air Tawar community hall.

“Several other areas in the Klang, Kuala Selangor and Sabak Bernam districts were also affected by floods but no one was evacuated,” he said in a statement today.

These areas were Kampung Sungai Pinang, Pulau Indah, Jalan Klang, Banting, Pandamaran, Taman Selat Damai amd Port Klang in the Klang district; Bagan Pasir Penambang town in the Kuala Selangor district and Tebuk Mendeleng and Sungai Lang in the Sabak Bernam district, he said.

Mohd Sani said the Sepang and Kuala Langat districts were unaffected by floods.

He advised people living near rivers and the sea to remain alert and take precautionary measures against the possibility of floods over the next few days.

Meanwhile in Kedah, three flood evacuation centres were reopened in Kuala Muda district at 4am this morning, following a second high tide phenomenon.

Kuala Muda Disaster Management Committee Secretariat officer, Civil Defence Second Lieutenant Azahar Ahmad said as at 9am, 132 people involving 30 families had been moved to the flood evacuation centres.

The three centres are Dewan Kampung Paya which is sheltering 85 people from 17 families, Surau Kampung Sungai Yu (39 people from 10 families) and Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Kuala (eight people from three families).

“The flood water started rising around 3am and the victims were evacuated when the water level reached one metre,” Azahar told Bernama when contacted in Alor Setar.

He said waves reaching 2.7 metres and strong winds contributed to the flood.

“However, the waves were lower that the ones on Sunday which reached 2.9 metres,” he added.

Four hundred and thirty-two people from 113 families were initially sheltered at the three centres on Sunday before being closed at 5pm yesterday.

- Bernama