They claimed that the village in Ijok here had been hit by floods 10 times this month. “Within a few minutes, the kitchen was submerged.”He said the latest incident occurred 24 hours after the village had been hit by yet another flood. Now we have to go through the same thing again.”Another villager, Mohamad Wagiman, 71, blamed housing projects near the village for the flood situation. He claimed that a river near the village had become narrower due to the construction. “The situation has resulted in water from the river flooding our village,” said Mohamad, who has been living in the village for 35 years.

Source: New Strait Times October 20, 2019 23:48 UTC