BUTTERWORTH: Heavy rain, strong winds and floods which struck Penang since yesterday’s noon has also not spared the New Straits Times Press Bhd (NSTP) printing plant here. Plant manager Y. Cham Nan said he was informed that the water level began to rise to 0.4m at about 9pm, affecting the main route into the plant. “However, the printing operation of more than 80,000 copies of all three newspapers under NSTP, namely Berita Harian, Harian Metro and New Straits Times was not affected.”The main entrance of the New Straits Times Press Bhd (NSTP) printing plant was inundated with flood waters. Meanwhile, checks at the printing plant at 12.30pm today saw the stagnant floodwater at the entrance has yet to subside. A continuous downpour lasting 17 hours and heavy winds since 12.30pm yesterday has paralysed Georgetown and Seberang Prai, in addition to triggering landslides and uprooting trees, as well as creating unusually heavy traffic due to impassable roads.

Source: New Strait Times November 05, 2017 09:00 UTC