Severe flash floods hit Malaysia's capital city and surrounding areas, forcing short suspension of Parliament.
Residents drive through a flooded area during rainfall after a flash flood in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, on Oct 3.
Video footage shared on social media showed fast flowing water flooding campus roads, while another widely-shared video showed kindergarten pupils in Gombak, Selangor, standing on tables as the water rose around them. Severe traffic disruption was observed along major trunks roads into the city such as Jalan Perak, Jalan Travers and the Sultan Iskandar Highway.
Ms Husna Alyaa Mohd Annuar, a 36-year-old banker working near the Petronas Twin Towers a few kilometres away from the House of Parliament, told The Straits Times that she had seen the water levels rising as she was driving to work at around 7am.In Taman Melawati, the police chief for Ampang Jaya district, Assistant Commissioner Mohd Azam Ismail, said that they received a report at 10.30am about the landslide in an old section of the township.
“When I visited the site, the police told us that they are concerned that another landslide will occur if the rain doesn’t stop, as there is still water flowing at the hilltop,” said the 46-year old freelance media consultant.Race to improve weather forecasting in a warming world with record storms Ms Rozanna said her lecturer told the class they can attend the lesson physically or online, but the university’s administration did not disclose if any other classes had been cancelled.
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