Dozens of motorists spend night in their cars due to floods

Dozens of motorists spend night in their cars due to floods

Some were forced to stay put at their workplace due to flooded roads.

Vehicles had to pass through flooded sections like this along Jalan Sungai Kandis in Shah Alam. (Bernama pic)
SHAH ALAM:
Dozens of residents in Setia Alam and Bukit Raja, as well as Meru in Klang, had to spend the night in their cars last night when roads to their homes were flooded due to the downpour since yesterday morning.

In Setia Alam, the main roads connecting Meru to Bandar Bukit Raja in Klang have been in two- to – three-metre deep floodwaters since late last night.

This caused many road users who left work late to be stranded and unable to reach home until noon today.

Heavy rainfall continued to lash the Klang Valley as of 1pm today.

A Bernama check on the main road connecting Setia Alam to Meru found that vehicles were seen on both sides of the road. The roads were only accessible to heavy vehicles.

Mohd Faizol Adzhar Mohd Mohtar, 34, said he had to leave his car in a parking lot about 2km from his house in Bandar Bukit Raja and walk home.

“I left my office in Kuala Lumpur at 9.30pm last night. I stopped for a dinner break because of traffic congestion. Upon reaching Setia Alam at about midnight, I found all the roads to my house were flooded.

A view of a flooded area in Section 22, Shah Alam. (Tim Ho pic)

“It was raining heavily at that time and I decided to sleep in the car because I did not want to take the risk of wading through the floodwaters,” he told Bernama today.

At about 10am today, he decided to walk 2km home because the floodwaters showed no signs of receding.

Mohamad Imran Hakim Mohd Nazri, 19, who works at a restaurant in Setia Alam, said he had to sleep at the premises after the surrounding area was flooded.

“I finished work at the restaurant at about 12.30am. By that time, the water had risen as high as two metres outside the restaurant,” he said.

Imran, who lives in Sungai Kapar Indah, about 10km from Setia Alam, described the floods as the worst he had ever experienced.

“I am now still at work and can’t go home. I hope the rain will stop soon so that the water level doesn’t rise again,” he said.

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