Kuala Lumpur Flash Floods at Jalan Tun Razak | Institut Jantung Negara and Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia
I was trapped in a Flash Floods at Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur(next to Institut Jantung Negara and Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia) today.(13 December 2011).
The main road at Jalan Tun Razak was flooded with water and no vehicles were able to pass thru. What I know is this road was NEVER a flood prone area.
Jalan Tun Razak has turned to Jalan ‘Sungai’ Tun Razak!. The main road has become a River!
This flood should not be happening at the first place as we have a Smart Tunnel which cost over RM2.5 Billion, that was build to overcome flood in Kuala Lumpur.
Why Jalan Tun Razak can be flooded where the Smart Tunnel is located?
WHY it is NOT Smart enough? or Smart Tunnel is only good for collecting toll and more toll?
It seem that this tunnel has failed!
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Chaos as floods strike Kuala Lumpur’s Jalan Tun Razak
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Two hours of heavy rain caused flash floods and massive traffic jams in several areas in the city on 13 December 2011. This video was taken in front of Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia, Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur
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Kuala Lumpur Flash Floods in front of Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia, Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur
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A part of Jalan Tun Razak near the National Library was also inundated by flood waters causing thousands of vehicles to be stuck in massive traffic jams.
Many drivers abandoned their vehicles and waded out. This video was taken in front of Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia, Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur
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Kuala Lumpur Lumpuh Akibat Banjir Kilat -Jalan Tun Razak-13 December 2011
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Keadaan lalu lintas di ibu negara lumpuh hari ini berikutan banjir kilat di Jalan Tun Razak semasa waktu puncak pada jam 5 petang(13 December 2011) apabila warga kerja pulang, berikutan hujan lebat.
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Banjir Kilat di Institut Jantung Negara -Jalan Tun Razak 13 Disember 2011
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Hujan lebat selama lebih satu jam sejak pukul 4 petang tadi menyebabkan beberapa kawasan di ibu negara dilanda banjir kilat sehingga menyebabkan kesesakan yang teruk.
Di Jalan Semarak seramai 23 orang kanak-kanak berumur antara tiga bulan hingga 9 tahun serta tiga orang guru sebuah taska diselamatkan dalam operasi banjir kilat.
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Video & Gambar KL Banjir Kilat Jalan Tun Razak Di Limpahi Air 13 December 2011
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Pada 13 December 2011, sebahagian Jalan Tun Razak berhampiran Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia digenangi air sehingga menyebabkan ribuan kenderaan terperangkap dalam kesesakan yang teruk.
Selain daripada Jalan Tun Razak dan Jalan Semarak, jalan lain yang terlibat termasuk Jalan Kuching, sekitar Taman Wahyu, Bulatan Dato Onn berdekatan Bank Rakyat dan sekitar Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) Air Panas.
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Lalu Lintas di Kuala Lumpur Lumpuh Akibat banjir Kilat-Jalan Tun Razak -13 December 2011
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Kuala Lumpur banjir? Adakah Smart tunnel yang bernilai RM4 Billion tidak berfungsi?
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Institut Jantung Negara & Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia-Jalan Tun Razak flooded on 13 December 2011
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Two hours of heavy rain caused flash floods and causing thousands of vehicles to be stuck in massive traffic jams. in several areas in the city on 13 December 2011. This video was taken in front of Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia, Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur
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Flash floods hit KL, thousands stranded
KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands of motorists heading home after work were stuck in traffic in many parts of the city after flash floods occurred.
Heavy rain caused Sg Bunus to overflow and thigh-high floodwaters cut off traffic along Jalan Tun Razak in front of the National Library, causing a massive traffic jam.
A group of children and three teachers had to be rescued from a nursery in Jalan Semarak.
The 23 children, aged between three months and nine years, had to be rescued by the Fire and Rescue Department when their premises were submerged under 1.5 metres of water.
A department spokesman said rescue squads from Jelatek and Jinjang fire stations were deployed to take the children out of the premises using a boat.
“Twenty students of a multimedia college located next to the nursery were also evacuated to higher ground,” he said.
Nursery teacher Rodiah Yahya, 28, said the flood waters rose in just a matter of minutes and forced her to confine the children to the upper level of the nursery.
“The floodwaters reached the chest level. The firemen came to our rescue about 30 minutes later,” she said.
Acting Kuala Lumpur Traffic chief Supt Rusli Mohd Noor said other roads affected by the flash floods were Jalan Kuching, the whole area of Taman Wahyu, Dato Onn roundabout near Bank Rakyat and Air Panas People’s Housing Project (PPR) areas.
However, he said the flood waters subsided by 7pm. The SMART tunnel was closed to traffic from 4.35pm to 8pm.
Its management said the heavy downpour raised the water levels at Sungai Klang and Sungai Ampang above the alert level necessitating closure of the tunnel to traffic.
In Kampung Baru, eight families were evacuated after their houses were inundated with floodwaters at about 7pm.
The eight families in Jalan Syed Mahadi also had to endure the stench of overflowing sewer water before they decided to get out.
Teacher Masitah Othman, 45, said she and her three children along with her husband Shahrul Ahmad, 38, had to exit by the backdoor after part of the land in front of their house began to sink.
She and the other families were later rescued by the Federal Territory Rescue Team squad led by Sergeant K. Periyasamy, Sergeant Azman Abu and eight others.
Trader Muhd Izwan Sulaiman, 26, who lives with his family, said the area was hit by floods in April but it was not as bad as yesterday.
“I hope the authorities will take action as this is troubling the families here.
“The drainage system had burst because there was no connecting pipes and this might have caused the sinkholes,” he added.
fr:thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/12/14/nation/10092520&sec=nation