Another week, another tree has fallen in downtown Kuala Lumpur amidst a heavy thunderstorm, this time along Jalan Pinang near the Petronas Twin Towers. Videos show the large tree lying on the ground, hitting several cars parked within the One KL condominium compound next to Mandarin Oriental and extending outwards onto the road proper.
The road has since been temporarily closed, according to Astro Radio Traffic, leading to slow traffic out of the KLCC area; there are no reports of injuries so far. This comes after a fallen tree on Jalan Sultan Ismail struck 17 vehicles on the road last Tuesday, causing one death.
As usual, we remind you to plan your routes using navigation apps with real-time traffic data, such as Waze and Google Maps, and to stay safe on the roads. If it’s at all possible, delay your journey to avoid congestion. Heavy rain also often causes flooding, so that’s something to look out for and avoid as well.
The incident is also a timely reminder to have the Special Perils add-on for your vehicle insurance policy in the event your vehicle ends up struck by fallen trees or brqanches; while it does cost more, it is a small additional amount compared to the potential repair costs should a vehicle end up damaged.
Dilaporkan pokok tumbang hempap kenderaan di Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur
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Solution…..simple….just chop all trees taller than 5 metres…just replant palm trees or other shorter species trees.
Dont fight mother nature.Last week Corcord Hotel.Now Jln Pinang…as long as turbulent weather is becoming the norm..no point keep appointing aborists everywhere.
More lives will be lost in turbulent storms in coming days,if nothing is done to trim elephant trees resting on tiny mickey mouse roots.
Weather is highly unpredictable
Even just within KL CITY
One part sunny
One part rainy
Unbelievable propaganda of global warming but tropical countries everyday late afternoon thunderstorm until trees uprooted. Shouldn’t it be hot dry spell no water?
Definitely climate changes. Some place getting wetter some place getting drier some place freezing cold some place freaking hot. BTW planet earth polar shift is ongoing.
Dubai sudah banjir, is that a sign?
As usual, ini semua salah this failed Gomen. Now we have to pay for their failures.
should sue the council for poor maintenance.
Should sue PH Gomen better
That’s right.
This has been well taken care since long time, by special perils insurance.
The incident rate is too low compared to >36mil vehicles Malaysian car registered.
https://paultan.org/2023/12/07/total-number-of-registered-vehicles-in-malaysia-now-at-36-3-million-units-nearly-24-million-still-active-loke/
disgusting
This keeps repeating in KL and Penang but it seems dbkl and mbpp fellow not bothered at all. Victims please step forward and sue the respective councils.
Some people may dislike this but perhaphs gov could consider replacing the surface roads with tunnels and undergroud parking with good drainage system. Use the saved space to create more parks with pedestrian and bike paths like what had done along the river of life and klcc park. Instead of the unshaded asphalt which absort heat at day and release heat at night, one can consider more well maintained trees which not only make the air cleaner and cooler but also act as a gaint sponge that absorb water during the rain which reduce flood risks in the city.
Tanah tumbangnya pokokku
Rakyat hidup
Berkonflik dan mundur
The wrath of Mother Nature.
weather is becoming more extreme every year, the world is coming to an end, wait no more people spend all your money on the best car you can get and enjoy while you can
time to fix rollcage bar for safety.
Yeah now everyone can drives Nascar
Ke arah bandaraya pokok tumbang 2024.