KUALA LUMPUR 17 DECEMBER 2016. Hujan lebat menyebabkan banjir kilat di Jalan Bangsar. NSTP/SAIRIEN NAFIS
Heavy rain in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon had caused flash floods in many areas across the city including major highways.
NST reported that among the worst hit areas are Jalan Bangsar, particularly near the LRT station and its vicinity.
Jalan Telawi, Jalan Maarof, Jalan Sg Besi, Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar, Jalan Tuanku Abd Halim, Jalan Tun Sambathan, Bulatan Dato’ Onn, Jalan Ampang, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Raja Chulan, Jalan Maharajalela, Jalan Pantai Baharu, Bandar Tun Razak, Jalan Semantan, Jalan Budiman and Jalan Tun Razak were also flooded.
KUALA LUMPUR 17 DECEMBER 2016. Penunggang motorsikal membantu salah sebuah kereta yang terkandas ketika hujan lebat yang menyebabkan banjir kilat di Jalan Bangsar. NSTP/SAIRIEN NAFIS
KUALA LUMPUR 17 DECEMBER 2016. Hujan lebat menyebabkan banjir kilat di Jalan Bangsar. NSTP/SAIRIEN NAFIS
KUALA LUMPUR 17 DECEMBER 2016. Pekerja sibuk mengeluarkan air yang memasuki kedai ketika hujan lebat menyebabkan banjir kilat di Jalan Bangsar. NSTP/SAIRIEN NAFIS
KUALA LUMPUR 17 DECEMBER 2016. Hujan lebat menyebabkan banjir kilat di Jalan Bangsar. NSTP/SAIRIEN NAFIS
KUALA LUMPUR 17 DECEMBER 2016. Pekerja sibuk mengeluarkan air yang memasuki kedai ketika hujan lebat menyebabkan banjir kilat di Jalan Bangsar. NSTP/SAIRIEN NAFIS
KUALA LUMPUR 17 DECEMBER 2016. Pemilik kedai sibuk mengeluarkan air dari premis eskoran banjir kilat di Jalan Bangsar. NSTP/SAIRIEN NAFIS
Another flash flood hit Kajang, November 12, 2014. Photo by Berita Harian.
KUALA LUMPUR: Kajang town and its surrounding areas were hit by flash floods after almost three hours of heavy downpour Wednesday, which began at 2pm.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (Operation) Mohamad Sani Harul said among the badly affected areas were the Kajang town, Taman Jasmin and Saujana Impian.
He said 14 members of the rescue squad from Kajang and Bangi fire station were rushed to the areas after receiving reports about trapped victims.
“We are assisted by the police and Kajang Municipal Council’s rescue team during the operation to rescue the trapped victims,” he said when contacted.
Mohamad Sani said the heavy downpour had also caused the water level in the Jelok river to overflow and caused the low-lying areas to be submerged under 0.5 metres of flood waters.
“The floods subsided at around 6.30 pm,” he added, adding that no casualty was reported. – Bernama
The submerged paking lot at Jalan Pinang. (Image: The Star)
Heavy rains caused flash flood that flooded several busy roads in Kuala Lumpur today, causing bad traffic jams during the evening rush hour.
The flash flood also flooded an open parking area in Jalan Sultan Ismail, submerging hundreds of cars in flood water.
Among the flooded roads were Jalan Chan Sow Lin, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Yaacob Latif and Jalan Jelatek.
The New Straits Times reported that Jalan Chan Sow Lin had to be closed for traffic until about 5p.m. as traffic policemen helped motorists to get to safer grounds.
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Vehicles have no choice but to move slowly due to the flash flood during an observation in Jalan Tun Razak – BERNAMA.
The public going through the flash flood that hits Kuala Lumpur – BERNAMA.
The public going through the flash flood that hits Kuala Lumpur – BERNAMA.
Vehicles in Jalan Tun Razak tunnel are forced to use the right lane due to the flash flood occurred in the city – BERNAMA.
Beberapa kenderaan terperangkap di Jalan Ipoh ekoran banjir kilat yang melanda – BERNAMA.
Typhoon Rammasun, also known as Typhoon “Glenda,” is set to strike the Bicol region in the east of the country at 6:00pm (1000 GMT), with Manila and other heavily populated areas also expected to be hit early Wednesday, the state weather service said.
It will bring very strong wind with center winds of 120 kilometers per hour and gusts of 150 kilometers an hour.
The strong wind is expected to topple trees and electric poles, and may even rip roofs off poorly constructed houses.
The typhoon had a diameter of 500 kilometers and will cause a large amount of rain that could cause flash flooding and landslides.
People living in coastal areas in the Provinces of Catanduanes, Sorsogon, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay and Northern Samar that is threatened by storm surges were ordered to evacuate their homes.
Schools in several cities were closed and about 50 domestic flights and four international flights have been cancelled, along with ferry services.
Running to safety: In this photo provided by Kyle Smith, floodwaters surround Smith’s home in Pensacola on Wednesday. Smith had to evacuate his home with his 18-month-old son Tuesday night after severe weather hit the Florida Panhandle, causing widespread flooding. (DailyMail)
On Wednesday, roads were chewed up into pieces or wiped out entirely and neighborhoods were inundated, making rescues difficult for hundreds of people who called for help when they were caught off guard by the single rainiest day ever recorded in Pensacola.
In Pensacola, people climbed into their attics to get away from fast-rising waters and some people were rescued from the rooftops of their homes.
Roads were destroyed and vehicles were plummeted 25 feet when portions of the Scenic Highway collapsed.
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Cars and concrete slabs collapse into a sinkhole on Scenic Highway in Pensacola after flash flooding. (Photo by Marianna Massey/Getty Images)
People survey the damage on Piedmont Street in the Cordova Park neighborhood after it washed out due to heavy rains on April 30, 2014 in Pensacola, Florida.
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Shut down: A Pensacola Burger King sits in flood water as a man on a motorcycle bravely drives past on Brent Lane, one of the main roads in the city that was flooded out after heavy rains and flash flooding. (DailyMail)
The metal railings hang over brown flood water along Johnson Avenue, Pensacola, Florida. Severe flash flooding has after the region just days after tornados tore through the U.S. South and MidWest. (Reuters)
Residents survey the damage in Pensacola, after a major storm system released more than two feet of water in a day in the northwestern part of Florida. (Photo by Marianna Massey/Getty Images)
Below is the video of ABS-CBN News’s reporter Atom Araullo reported live at around 6:40 a.m. Friday from a street in Tacloban City during Typhoon Haiyan, which is also called Yolanda in the Philippines.
The video was aired on the ABS-CBN’s morning show “Umagang Kay Ganda” as well as on ABS-CBN’s flagship newscast “TV Patrol.”
The video showed a bad flash flood caused by storm surge brought by Typhoon Haiyan on the street where Atom Araullo had been reporting from just an hour before.
It shows the flooded street turned into a river full of debris.
Below is another ABS-CBN News’s video during Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City:
Please click the links below for news, photos and videos of Typhoon Haiyan:
A car lies on its side after a portion of a hill collapsed due to heavy rains in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Flooding and landslides unleashed by Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel have claimed at least a dozen lives in Mexico and sparked the evacuations of thousands of people even before the weather systems had made landfall on the country’s east and west coasts. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)
At least 21 people were killed in Mexico after a hurricane and a tropical storm strikes the opposite sides of Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific.
Tropical Storm Manuel drenched Mexico’s southwestern Pacific shoulder Sunday while Hurricane Ingrid closed in on the country’s Gulf coast, causing heavy rains and landslides.
Civil Protection Coordinator Luis Felipe Puente said 14 people died in Guerrero, three in Hidalgo, three in Puebla and one in Oaxaca due to the disaster.
Tropical Storm Manuel, with a maximum sustained winds of about 35 mph (55 kph) was moving to the northwest at 8 mph (13 kph) late Sunday, 70 miles (110 kilometers) northwest of Manzanillo.
Manuel was expected to bring 10 to 15 inches of rain over parts of Guerrero and Michoacan state, with maximums of 25 inches in some isolated areas.
Meanwhile Hurricane Ingrid had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph) late Sunday and was centered about 110 miles (175 kilometers) northeast of the port city of Tampico as it moved west-northwest at 6 mph (9 kph).
It is expected to make a landfall by Monday morning, most likely along Tamaulipas state’s lightly populated coast north of Tampico.
Anyway, the storm system from the outer bands of Ingrid was already dumping heavy rains in parts of Mexico.
A hurricane warning was in effect from Cabo Rojo to La Pesca.
The hurricane can bring dangerous storm surge, destructive waves and heavy rains that can cause flash floods and landslides.
Yahoo! News said that more than 1,000 homes in Veracruz state had been affected by the storm to varying degrees and 20 highways and 12 bridges were damaged by the disaster.
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Army soldiers and a civilian look out into a flooded street caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. In the southern Pacific Coast state of Guerrero, rains unleashed by Manuel resulted in the deaths of six people when their SUV lost control on a highway headed for the tourist resort of Acapulco. Another five people died in landslides in Guerrero and Puebla states, while the collapse of a fence killed another person in Acapulco. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, September 15, 2013 at 1:45 PM EDT shows clouds from Hurricane Ingrid as it moves westward into central Mexico. A stationary front over the northern Bahamas brings rain showers and thunderstorms.(AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
Flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Manuel enter a neighborhood in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. In the southern Pacific Coast state of Guerrero, rains unleashed by Manuel resulted in the deaths of six people when their SUV lost control on a highway headed for the tourist resort of Acapulco. Another five people died in landslides in Guerrero and Puebla states, while the collapse of a fence killed another person in Acapulco. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
Rain water pours into the beach due to heavy rains caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. Flooding and landslides unleashed by Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel have claimed at least a dozen lives in Mexico and sparked the evacuations of thousands of people even before the weather systems had made landfall on the country’s east and west coasts. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)
Waves flood a beach in Acapulco September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Jacobo Garcia
Army soldiers work to try to get their vehicle out of a flooded portion of a road caused by Tropical Storm Manuel in the city of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Sunday Sept. 15, 2013. In the southern Pacific Coast state of Guerrero, rains unleashed by Manuel resulted in the deaths of six people when their SUV lost control on a highway headed for the tourist resort of Acapulco. Another five people died in landslides in Guerrero and Puebla states, while the collapse of a fence killed another person in Acapulco. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
A road crew works on a stretch of highway washed out by flooding along the South Platte River in Weld County, Colorado near Greeley, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. Hundreds of roads in the area have been damaged or destroyed by the floodwaters that have affected parts of a 4,500-square-mile (11,655-square-kilometer) area — an area the size of the U.S. state of Connecticut. (AP Photo/John Wark
The flooding situations in Eastern Colorado are still bad for the fifth day on Saturday and it is still raining.
At a news conference, Sean Conway, a commissioner of rural Weld County said that, “This is a 500-to-1,000-year flood.”
A sixty year old woman was missing and presumed dead after witnesses saw flood waters from the Big Thompson River destroy her home in the Cedar Cove area.
At least four people are confirmed dead from the flooding and nearly 250 people are unaccounted for in two flooded counties.
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An aerial view of a farm house surrounded by flood waters along the South Platte River near Greenley, Colorado September 14, 2013. REUTERS/John Wark
An aerial view of a farm house surrounded by flood waters along the South Platte River near Greenley, Colorado September 14, 2013. REUTERS/John Wark
An aerial view of mobile homes submerged in flood waters along the South Platte River near Greenley, Colorado September 14, 2013. REUTERS/John Wark
An aerial view of vehicles submerged in flood waters along the South Platte River near Greenley, Colorado September 14, 2013. REUTERS/John Wark
An aerial view shows flood waters and a washed-out road adjacent a suburban neighborhood in Lyons, Colorado September 13, 2013. REUTERS/John Wark
People stand at the edge of a highway washed out by flooding along the South Platte River in Weld County, Colorado near Greeley, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. Hundreds of roads in the area have been damaged or destroyed by the floodwaters that have affected parts of a 4,500-square-mile area. (AP Photo/John Wark
Farm buildings stand in fields submerged by flooding along the South Platte River in Weld County, Colo., near Greeley, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. The days-long rush of water from higher ground turned parts of Colorado’s expansive eastern plains into muddy swamps. (AP Photo/John Wark)
An aerial view of suburban streets flooded in Longmont, Colorado September 13, 2013. REUTERS/John Wark
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