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Tuesday February 1, 2011

Mad scramble to leave Labis as floods threaten

LABIS: It was a race against time for motorists when the trunk road from here to Yong Peng reopened to vehicles.

They literally scrambled to leave because rising waters in the river nearby threatened to flood the roads again yesterday.

Media personnel who came here to cover the Tenang by-election and campaigners made up the bulk of those rushing to leave.

Petrol kiosks were full of vehicles, mostly with outstation registration number plates, especially Selangor and the Federal Territory, waiting to fill their tanks for the “escape”.

The trunk road from Labis to Yong Peng was also full of potholes after the flood yesterday.

The signs of an impending flood were evident as flood waters from oil palm plantations lining the road was spilling over to the left lane.

The same situation affected the road from Yong Peng to Labis with water spilling over to the left lane.

But there were hardly any vehicles heading towards Labis which is the stop before Segamat.

Segamat has been the worst hit by the flood and remained inaccessible yesterday.

Journalists from Kuala Lumpur who stayed in Segamat and travelled to Labis daily to cover the by-election had to leave their belongings in Segamat.

Many left Labis for Kuala Lumpur with only the clothes they were wearing and their laptops and mobile phones.

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