Chinese New Year is around the corner but the preparation was shockingly disrupted as continuous downpour caused massive flooding across several states in Malaysia. Affected areas are Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Northern Sabah and other areas but primarily Johor was affected with harsh flash floods. So far, there are around 4 millions of victims that had been evacuated. Unfortunately, 4 were killed.
Segamat was the most affected area. Its water level has reached 10 feet. Most of the main roads, railway and shop lots were flooded. In addition, there was neither supply of electricity nor water, the street then became empty and quite. There was even a lack of the Chinese New Year atmosphere. Besides that, the Railway station services were interrupted due to the flood, the train line which travels from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and Kelantan were canceled. Therefore, those who were about to return to their hometown were forced to delay their trip. The deputy prime minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin described that this is an unusual phenomenon if it continues to rain, this disaster will probably exacerbate.
Social Services like MERCY and National Security Council(NSC) have combined their services and have been providing assistance to the public in terms of food safely while other agencies like the Standard and Poor as the Armed Forces, Fire and Rescue Department and Civil Defense Department were involved in the evacuation process. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali makes his rounds at the centers to ensure Were assistance services to victims.
Its very sad to those who have to go through a new year like that. Chinese New Year should be a joyous and filled with happiness but to be so far away from own home is really sad. I hope that the flood to subside so that affected parties can get on with their prosperous celebrations and celebrate it with joy instead of sadness.
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