SHAH ALAM, 15 Nov – A large number of vehicles were damaged in a flood that occurred at Seksyen 7 here, today.
Residents of Pusat Komersial Seksyen 7 where most of them are students woke up in shock after finding their cars half-submerged in flood water.
According to one of the car owner and residentMohamad Izzat Anuar, 23 said that the flood was unexpected and very damaging.
“I have lived here for almost three years and I don’t think that this had ever happened before.”
My car was submerged up until the car seat and It also cost me around RM2000 to get my car up and running again which as a student, was a burden,” he added.
Apparently the authorities did give out warnings to car owners about the incoming flood but it was done at such an inconvenient hour.
“I was asleep and slightly awoken by the warnings but I was too sleepy to pick up what was said and went back to sleep,” said a resident, Shafiqah Shaharudin, 23.
For those who were awake, they chose to ignore the warning because they did not think it was urgent enough.
“It was four in the morning and I was still awake doing my assignments when I barely heard the warning. They only said to ‘move your vehicles’ without saying why.”
“At such an hour, many were sound asleep and did not hear the warning,” said Ameen Azizul, a resident of Pusat Komersial.
Ameen, 23 also added that the authorities could have carried out a more thorough and specified warning system such as going from block to block, ensuring everyone knows about it.
“They could also have said that there was a flood coming so that the warning could have been taken seriously and residents not hesitating or ignoring the seemingly unimportant warning,” added Ameen.
The flood covered almost the entire area of ShahAlam’s Seksyen 7 with views such as lake water spilling out onto the jogging track apart from submerged vehicles.
It is unknown whether the flood was a result of poor sewage management by the authorities or happened due to unusually heavy rain that night.
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