Villagers living along Port Klang’s coastline heaved a sigh of relief as the high tide phenomenon at 5.53am on Friday (Oct 18) occurred without any untoward incidents but with seawater overflowing in a few areas.
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00:00Villagers living along Port Clang's coastline heaved a sigh of relief as the high-tide phenomenon
00:05at 5.53am on Friday occurred without any untoward incidents but with seawater overflowing in
00:12a few areas.
00:13Elevated water levels and wave effects caused seawater sloshing onto bunds into scupper
00:19drains while most low-lying areas were inundated at ankle-deep.
00:24Port Clang Fire and Rescue Station Operations Chief Mohammad Fauzi Ramli said the tide rose
00:30to 5.9m, higher than the forecast of 5.8m.
00:36But waters along the coastal areas were much calmer and, in most places, the waters did
00:41not breach the bunds as there was no thunderstorm as forecast.
00:46In Bagan Hailam, where villagers live nearest to the sea about 25 minutes from Clang town,
00:51our metro found that water levels were below knee-deep off Jalan Bagan Hailam.
00:56While it was knee-level at Jalan Shahbandar and Persiaran Raja Mudamusa, outside Port
01:02Clang KTM commuter station, the waters receded quickly.