Rain, rain go away.....

This is how the river has been the past one week...swollen and breaching the banks in some areas. For the past few days, students staying near the river have not been coming to school because their houses are flooded. This house looks as though it is precariously hanging on the river bank. As of yesterday, in Kota Star over 700 have been evacuated from their homes due to floods. 8(

This is how the paddy field looks like when water keeps filling up the lowlands. The embankments are all out of sight now. This is just a couple of inches from the road. The fields look like lakes now. And it's a common sight come every rainy season.

In Alor Star, it's not only the rain in its own locality which causes flooding. We can have flood even on sunny days...it happened one fine day in December 2005. The water just kept going up even though there was no rain.

So when the river is like this, we get concerned cos it will mean lots of inconveniences to be put up with. Just a couple of inches of water lapping outside my gate would mean a couple of days without electricity cos the sub-station will have to be shut down! Not forgetting water supply too as the pump house shuts down too!

And lately, there has been a lot of flash floods....we're definitely over-developing!

On my way back from Changlun today, I noticed that evacuation centers have been set up. Water level in the river is even higher today.... 8(