KUANTAN – Heavy rain caused 15 business premises and five houses in Bukit Tinggi and Janda Baik in Bentong to be hit by a water surge yesterday evening.
Bentong district Civil Defence Force officer Lt (PA) Azizah Husain said information was received that the incident in Bukit Tinggi occurred at about 6pm, following a downpour in Janda Baik about an hour earlier.
“The incident occurred for about an hour, and residents started cleaning their business premises and houses which were filled with mud brought by the water surge at about 7pm,” he said when contacted here yesterday.
Personnel from the Civil Defence Force, police, fire brigade and the Social Welfare Department also assisted with the clean-up work, she said, adding that no relief centres had to be opened.
Meanwhile, the Bentong Public Works Department said via its social media feed that the FT68 route along the old Kuala Lumpur-Bentong road near the Janda Baik junction was temporarily closed to all vehicles due to a 100-metre-long landslide.
It said road users could use the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway as an alternative. – Bernama, February 13, 2023
