マレーシア・ニュース

ケダで洪水被害広がる

ジトラ ： ケダのコタ・スター地区など15の地区では川が氾濫し450人の住人が避難している。避難所は４箇所で、そのうち１箇所は昨日オープンしたばかりの避難所だという。バタ川では危険水位の8.5メートルを1メートルも上回るところまで水が到達しているという。また、ペンダンの１１の村でも洪水の被害を受けているが避難場所がないため、住人は親戚などの家に泊まっている。ルブック村でも洪水のため皮肉なオープンハウス状態だ。水が引くのはハリラヤが終わってからだろうとみられている。気象によると、局地的な大雨と強風は今後もケダ、ペラック、セランゴール、ネグリ・センビラン、マラッカ、ジョホールなどで起きることが予想されているという。

　　浸水の中でハリラヤの準備をする人たち

[ 10月24日　12:56　MCS]

ニュース・ソース

Kedah in for a wet Raya

JITRA : More areas along the lower reaches of the Kedah river, especially in Kota Star district, are expected to be flooded as floodwaters upriver flow downstream.
Kedah Mentri besar Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said 15 areas in the district were already flooded, with some 450 residents evacuated to four evacuation centres, including one which opened yesterday.
He said the water level at Sungai Bata in Kota Star district was nearly 1m above the 8.5m danger level.
"The high tide expected on Thursday will also slow down the receding of the floodwaters," he added.
Speaking to reporters after visiting flood victims in Kodiang near here yesterday, he said 150 flood victims had been evacuated in the Kubang Pasu district to two evacuation centres.
Mahdzir said floods had also hit 11 villages in Pendang but no evacuation centre was opened there as the villagers were putting up with relatives.
He said all district officers in the state had been ordered to open flood operation centres to monitor the situation.
Kampung Lubuk Keriang in Kota Star district will literally hold Hari Raya "open house" because their village had been flood-hit.
The villagers,who have fled their homes since Sunday,plan to put up two tents on the approach road to the village to prepare food for Hari Raya.
Bukit Lada assemblyman Ariffin Man said the decision to hold the open house was to enable all the villagers to celebrate Hari Raya without the need to visit each other.
"Everybody will be there. So there is no need for them to visit each other after Raya prayers, he said, adding that the floodwater there was only expected to recede after Hari Raya.
The Meteorological Department said in a statement that most states in the peninsula were expected to encounter bad weather.
The widespread thunderstorms and heavy rain with strong winds occurring in Perlis are also expected to continue.
The department said scattered thunderstorms and heavy rain with strong winds were also expected in Kedah, Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Malacca and Johor.

＜24-10-2006 The Star＞
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