MERSING, Jan 29 — Residents of Kampung Baru Jemari, here, were forced to wade in flood waters for up to three kilometres (km) to purchase food supplies today after their main...
MERSING, Jan 29 — Residents of Kampung Baru Jemari, here, were forced to wade in flood waters for up to three kilometres to purchase food supplies today after their main road was submerged last night.
"After leaving the relief centre at midday, the residents began returning to their houses in the village as the authorities reported that it was safe to do so. Maszila said following the incident, about half the residents decided to wade through the waters, while others got into their own boats or the village headsman's boat to obtain food supplies from a nearby town.
"After leaving the relief centre yesterday evening, our family went to look for things in Mersing town first. At night, we decided to head back to the village but we didn’t know that the main road had been cut off by the floods. So we resorted to sleeping in their car while awaiting the flood waters to recede," she said.
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