Floods: Cleaning the house twice in 24 hours

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ALOR GAJAH: The ebb and flow of floodwaters and cleaning has become a daily household chore for folks living in Durian Tunggal here.

"In the last 24 hours, I have cleaned my house twice during the floods that hit this village," said Nosimah Naim, who lives in Kampung Belimbing Dalam.

She said some of the larger furniture such as sofas were placed on the road after setting up tents to keep the rain out. "Yesterday morning, I was informed that the water had started to recede and so I decided to tidy up the house but I was stumped when the water to rise again at 3am this morning up to my knees," she said when met by Bernama here on Monday .

"This is what the residents of Kampung Belimbing go through every time it rains. In the past six months, the village has been flooded four times," she lamented.

 

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