Floods: 18 schools closed in K'tan, T'ganu
Published: Jan 6, 2011 11:31 AM | Updated: Jan 6, 2011 3:26 PM
The weekend arrived early for 4,913 pupils and students of 16 schools in Kelantan when they were allowed to go home from as
early as 9am today when the floods struck.
UPDATED 3.12PM
Thousands of students are sent home in Kelantan and Terengganu as floods hit various areas.
The weekend arrived early for 4,913 pupils and students of 16 schools in Kelantan when they were allowed to go home from as
early as 9am today when the floods struck.
State Education Department director Hussain Awang said the 16 schools were located in three districts, Pasir Mas, Tumpat and Tanah Merah.
"Seeing the floodwaters rise and the access to the schools about to be cut off, the department felt it was best for the pupils and students to go back to their homes than get trapped in the schools.
"We also instructed the schools to close immediately until the situation returned to normal," he told Bernama.
He said six schools in Pasir Mas were closed. They are SK Lubok Setol, Rantau Panjang; SK Bakong, Rantau Panjang; SK Kedondong, Pasir Mas; SK Kampung Baru, Rantau Panjang; Sekolah Agama Bantuan Kerajaan (SABK) Al-Fallah, Rantau Panjang and SABK Diniah, Rantau Panjang.
Four schools were closed in Tumpat. They are SK Bendang Pak Yong; SK Simpangan; SK Chenderong Batu and SABK Nurulhuda.
In Tanah Merah, six schools were closed. They are SK Tebing Tinggi; SK Ladang Kerilla; SMK Ladang Kerilla; SK Sokor; SK Kampung Panjang and SK Kulim.
Meanwhile, Kelantan deputy chief police officer SAC Mazlan Lazim said Kelantan police had opened a flood operations room in the Tanah Merah district.
He also said that 600 police personnel had been deployed in every district in Kelantan to ensure safety of the people and their property during the floods.
1,000 students sent home
Meanwhile, the floods that have struck three districts in Terengganu forced the evacuation of hundreds of people overnight and required two schools to send home nearly 1,000 students today and two other schools to move their students to safer buildings.
A spokesperson of the National Security Council in the state said that as at 9am, five relief centres had been opened, four in Hulu Terengganu and one in Setiu.
"The people were moved to the relief centres overnight as the floodwaters entered their homes," he told Bernama today.
In Hulu Terengganu, 500 people from the Tersat and Hulu Telemong mukims had been evacuated.
The four relief centres in Hulu Terengganu are at the Kampung Pengkalan Ajal community hall, Kampung Sekayu community hall and mosque, Kampung Menjing community hall and Kampung Baru, Pasir Dua, surau.
In the Setiu district, 78 people from Kampung Merbau Menyusup had been evacuated to the relief centre at the village mosque, he said.
He also said that two village roads in Hulu Terengganu had been closed to traffic after they were flooded by up to a metre. They are Jalan Kuala Berang-Sungai Tong between Km11 and Km12 in Kampung Kuala Ping and Jalan Kuala Brang-Sungai Tong near Kampung Palong Kuala Jenerih.
The Kuala Berang and Setiu rivers were rising and had breached the alert level at places, he said, adding that the Dungun river at the Jerangau bridge was at the danger level of 21.5 metres.
Above the alert level
In the Besut district, 37 people were evacuated overnight and two schools had to send home nearly 1,000 students today and two other schools had to move their students to safer buildings.
A spokesperson of the Besut police flood operations room said today the 37 people were evacuated from Kampung La in Hulu Besut after their houses were flooded last night.
He said SK Bukit Puteri and SK Tok Raja in the Jerteh state constituency sent back their students after flood waters rose to
between 0.2 and 0.6 metres at the schools this morning.
Students at SK Alor Peroi near Kuala Besut and SK Gong Bayor in Kota Putera were moved to safer buildings in the schools when floodwaters rose there as well, he added.
The spokesperson said Sungai La had risen above the alert level at two flood-assessing points as at 9am today.
A check by Bernama revealed that roads in the district were passable to all vehicles although stretches between Seberang Jerteh and Kuala Besut were flooded.
- Bernama
early as 9am today when the floods struck.
State Education Department director Hussain Awang said the 16 schools were located in three districts, Pasir Mas, Tumpat and Tanah Merah.
"Seeing the floodwaters rise and the access to the schools about to be cut off, the department felt it was best for the pupils and students to go back to their homes than get trapped in the schools.
"We also instructed the schools to close immediately until the situation returned to normal," he told Bernama.
He said six schools in Pasir Mas were closed. They are SK Lubok Setol, Rantau Panjang; SK Bakong, Rantau Panjang; SK Kedondong, Pasir Mas; SK Kampung Baru, Rantau Panjang; Sekolah Agama Bantuan Kerajaan (SABK) Al-Fallah, Rantau Panjang and SABK Diniah, Rantau Panjang.
Four schools were closed in Tumpat. They are SK Bendang Pak Yong; SK Simpangan; SK Chenderong Batu and SABK Nurulhuda.
In Tanah Merah, six schools were closed. They are SK Tebing Tinggi; SK Ladang Kerilla; SMK Ladang Kerilla; SK Sokor; SK Kampung Panjang and SK Kulim.
Meanwhile, Kelantan deputy chief police officer SAC Mazlan Lazim said Kelantan police had opened a flood operations room in the Tanah Merah district.
He also said that 600 police personnel had been deployed in every district in Kelantan to ensure safety of the people and their property during the floods.
1,000 students sent home
Meanwhile, the floods that have struck three districts in Terengganu forced the evacuation of hundreds of people overnight and required two schools to send home nearly 1,000 students today and two other schools to move their students to safer buildings.
A spokesperson of the National Security Council in the state said that as at 9am, five relief centres had been opened, four in Hulu Terengganu and one in Setiu.
"The people were moved to the relief centres overnight as the floodwaters entered their homes," he told Bernama today.
In Hulu Terengganu, 500 people from the Tersat and Hulu Telemong mukims had been evacuated.
The four relief centres in Hulu Terengganu are at the Kampung Pengkalan Ajal community hall, Kampung Sekayu community hall and mosque, Kampung Menjing community hall and Kampung Baru, Pasir Dua, surau.
In the Setiu district, 78 people from Kampung Merbau Menyusup had been evacuated to the relief centre at the village mosque, he said.
He also said that two village roads in Hulu Terengganu had been closed to traffic after they were flooded by up to a metre. They are Jalan Kuala Berang-Sungai Tong between Km11 and Km12 in Kampung Kuala Ping and Jalan Kuala Brang-Sungai Tong near Kampung Palong Kuala Jenerih.
The Kuala Berang and Setiu rivers were rising and had breached the alert level at places, he said, adding that the Dungun river at the Jerangau bridge was at the danger level of 21.5 metres.
Above the alert level
In the Besut district, 37 people were evacuated overnight and two schools had to send home nearly 1,000 students today and two other schools had to move their students to safer buildings.
A spokesperson of the Besut police flood operations room said today the 37 people were evacuated from Kampung La in Hulu Besut after their houses were flooded last night.
He said SK Bukit Puteri and SK Tok Raja in the Jerteh state constituency sent back their students after flood waters rose to
between 0.2 and 0.6 metres at the schools this morning.
Students at SK Alor Peroi near Kuala Besut and SK Gong Bayor in Kota Putera were moved to safer buildings in the schools when floodwaters rose there as well, he added.
The spokesperson said Sungai La had risen above the alert level at two flood-assessing points as at 9am today.
A check by Bernama revealed that roads in the district were passable to all vehicles although stretches between Seberang Jerteh and Kuala Besut were flooded.
- Bernama
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