As we enter the latter months of the year, the dreaded monsoon season is well underway. Just last week, heavy rainfall in Sarawak resulted in 4 feet deep floodwaters as well as multiple landslides whilst heavy rainfall and floods caused villagers near Ipoh to lose all of their belongings.
Recently, continuous heavy rainfall in Langkawi caused several areas around the island to get flooded. According to BERNAMA, a total of 38 flood victims from 10 families from Kampung Atas in Mukim Padang Mat Sirat were placed in a temporary evacuation centre following heavy rain since 4am.
It was also reported that floods had hit 14 areas in 4 sub-districts in the Langkawi Island due to heavy rains and strong winds since 6pm on Sunday.
Plenty of videos showing the devastation in Langkawi made its way online.
One TikTok video by a Langkawi resident which showed the terrifying floods has garnered over 2.3 million views since it was shared yesterday (October 16).
Rare sight to see
The TikTok video has garnered plenty of attention and netizens took the comments section to pray for the wellbeing and health of Langkawi’s residents.
A few pointed out that they are extremely surprised to hear that Langkawi is flooded as they said that it seems to be a rare occurrence.
“Rare to hear that Langkawi is flooded. First time hearing this. Hopefully there are no lives lost.”
One user commented, “Literally just spoke about this the other day. Never heard of flooding in Langkawi.”
Another commented, “Sad to see Langkawi (like this). They already have a shortage of tourists and now the floods.”
“1 Malaysia now feels the effects of the floods. Before this it was just Kelantan and Terengganu. This is how we feel all this while,” said another.
Watch the video below:
@rajlangkawi Pulau Langkawi Banjir 16 Oct 2022 #fyp #banjir #langkawi #2022 #october #samasamaberdoa
We hope that the situation in Langkawi has since improved and that all of the flood victims are held up somewhere safe.
Also read: WATCH: Heavy Rainfall in Sarawak Results in 4 Feet Deep Floodwaters & Multiple Landslides
