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Victims of Sibu freak storm may register for financial aid up to April 14

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SIBU: The division-level disaster management committee here is still compiling the number of victims affected by the freak storm on Wednesday (April 5), with several hundred homeowners believed to be involved.

The damage ranged from house roofs blown off to car porch ceilings collapsing, while canopies at the Ramadan bazaar here were also damaged.

"Our rough estimate is a few hundred in the Sibu and Lanang constituencies," Sibu MP Oscar Ling said at the registration of victims for financial aid here on Monday .The five-day registration ends on Friday . Ling said the quantum of aid depends on the level of damage sustained. For example, those whose house roofs were blown off will receive up to RM1,000, he added."This is part of my service centre's contribution to the victims. I understand that the disaster management committee will also be helping," he added.

Ling said the financial aid from his service centre was extended to voters in the constituency, and advised those from Lanang to register at its MP Alice Lau's service centre in Jalan Aman.Scenes of uprooted trees and dangling roofs on power and telecommunication wires terrified locals, who said they had never experienced anything like this before.

 

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