Residents in Malaysia, including Singaporeans living there, recount ordeal of 'once in 100 years' floods

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Singaporeans, Malaysians recount how 'once in 100 years' floods took them by surprise

Her sister told her that it has never flooded in the 10 years that she has lived in Hulu Langat, a district about a half-hour’s drive from Kuala Lumpur.

TODAY spoke to two Singaporeans and two Malaysians who shared their experiences of how the flood — described by a Malaysian official as a “once in 100 years” event — took them by surprise. “During the day, they are just working to clean up their homes but at night, they will come here to sleep.”Ms Nurul Atiqah Md Suhaimi, 33, who runs a construction company in Malaysia with her husband and lives in Kajang, Selangor, counted herself lucky to be living on the 22nd floor of a condominium.

She came across a Facebook post about a collection centre that opened up near her home and decided to start to raise money for supplies to donate. Ms Ooi, a Malaysian social media influencer and co-owner of a co-working space, said that she was stuck in the jam for two hours from around 3pm but eventually managed to find an open road back to the city.

 

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