Floods, landslides cause road closures in Kelantan

Floods, landslides cause road closures in Kelantan

The end of the year hasn’t exactly treated the East Coast very well, with floods displacing residents and causing untold destruction across several states in late November. Disaster has struck again in the closing days of the year, delivering a final blow with more flooding in Kelantan and Terengganu since yesterday.

According to the Bernama, the town of Machang in Kelantan is one of those affected, forcing the closure of a federal and state road, FT 479 Jalan Kemuning-Bukit Belah and D16 Jalan Batu 30-Temangan. These roads are now around 800 mm underwater, said the state’s works department (JKR) director Nik Soh Yaacoub.

Heavy rain in the area has also caused landslides in the area, causing damage other roads. “Landslides occurred on the access road to the VHF station at Bukit Bakar and FT 008 Jalan Kota Bharu-Gua Musang near Dataran Bukit Belah,” he told the national news agency. “JKR has placed warning signs and barricades at the affected locations to ensure users exercise caution and adhere to the established regulations to prevent any untoward incidents.”

Road users are advised to use alternative routes for the time being, with updates on the affected roads being posted on the official JKR website.

The latest floods affect several areas in Kelantan and Terengganu, including in Machang, Tanah Merah and Kuala Krai in Kelantan that were already battered by earlier floods; there are also continuous rain warnings for areas in Pahang and Johor. There is a sliver of good news in that floods in Kuala Krai are expected to fully subside today, which should aid relief efforts. Stay safe.

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Comments

  • Did they host any concert lately?

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    • Dah Menang Semua on Dec 30, 2024 at 6:39 pm

      Sometimes we pray for rain
      Sometimes we pray no-rain
      Gotta be very precise

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  • I am wondering whether Kelantan state government knows about its top priority task or not

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  • it’s a dire situation, the water from non halal shops are free flowing into halal eateries, polluting everything

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  • Sohai on Dec 30, 2024 at 7:17 pm

    Kelantan folks should not need to face this year after year but you reap what you sow. Now pray harder for deliverance

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    • Plain BS on Jan 01, 2025 at 5:45 pm

      Putrajaya & Selangor seat of PH gomen also flooded due to puak walaun too? Pray deliverance to your stupid logic.

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  • Robin Hood on Dec 31, 2024 at 8:55 am

    I wonder why some idiots are laughing at others miseries based on their own beliefs. Anyway, it’s not like natural disaster doesn’t happen in other states which has much more resources. The more they laugh on them, the more support they are losing. When it falls on you, they will have the last laugh!!!

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  • thankful on Dec 31, 2024 at 9:35 am

    Thanks to the Barisan Mountains and Titiwangsa Range, the west coast of peninsular Malaysia only gets moderate rain compared to our friends who faced head-on the monsoon winds. Climate change definitely alleviates the severity, unfortunately. 

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  • fadzilli haji Ahmad on Dec 31, 2024 at 10:43 am

    Kelantan PAS rulers are more worried about public canning and topple the Gov than Rakyat. they should believe in KARMA

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    • Lets See on Jan 01, 2025 at 5:47 pm

      Electricity hike 14% incoming real soon. Is that KARMA for PH voters? But that is also hitting PAS voters too. So why not PH voters gets the 14% hike while PAS voters still enjoy the subsidy?

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