Over In Johor, The Endless Rain Caused Floods That Displaced 4,000 People

Besides the occasional flash flood, Singapore does not experience much of any natural disasters and that is something we can be very grateful for.

Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for our neighbours next door.

Over In Johor, The Endless Rain Caused Floods That Displaced 4,000 People

It looks like we aren’t the only ones to receive non-stop rainy weather. Over in Johor, the endless rain has resulted in floods that have displaced a whopping 4,000 people.

In Johor, almost 4,000 victims of the flood have found shelter at 53 temporary flood relief centres in seven of the state’s flood-affected districts.

The Johor Disaster Management committee has revealed which areas were affected in Johor. Mersing, with 1,262 victims, was the worst hit, followed by Kota Tinggi which had a total of 1,071 victims.

Here are the affected districts in order:

• Mersing (1,262)
• Kota Tinggi (1,071)
• Kluang (1,053)
• Segamat (342)
• Kulai (80)
• Muar (21)
• Batu Pahat (6)

“There are two roads in Kota Tinggi that have been closed down due to the flood, namely Jalan Kampung Tunjuk Dalam near Ladang Bukit Kelompok and Ladang Bukit Payong, and Jalan Dalam Kampung Mawai Lama.”

In a related incident, a bus had broken down while it was trying to cross a flooded road at Batu 18, Jalan Kota Tinggi-Mersing.

Fortunately, no one was injured and no casualties were reported in the incident.

In another incident, the floods in remote areas located in Sarawak have made cooking a task that is impossible to complete because gas cylinders run empty and the wood is wet from the rain.

This is one of the many victims why some of the victims were forced to seek shelter.

In response to this, authorities have sent dry and canned food supplies to the area, however, residents say that they desperately need cooking gas.

No Drains In Victim’s Village

At least one victim revealed that her village in Pasir Tumboh has no drains and although other surrounding areas have seen development, her village has not.

“When it rains non-stop, my house in Kampung Kubang Keranji in Pasir Tumboh will be flooded immediately.”

Our hearts go out to them, and we hope that the authorities will do something about the draining system and that they will be able to restore their houses and go back to their daily lives.