Severe downpour wreaks havoc and damaged tents of Ramadan bazaar traders on Jalan TAR

The Star

Business activities along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur came to an abrupt halt following severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall on Wednesday (March 12) afternoon.  The sudden downpour, accompanied by strong winds, caused significant damage to the market area as multiple vendor tents collapsed onto stalls, damaging merchandise and equipment.    WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Business activities along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman came to an abrupt halt

00:09following severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall on Wednesday afternoon.

00:13The sudden downpour, accompanied by strong winds,

00:17caused significant damage to the market area

00:19as multiple vendor tents collapsed onto stalls, damaging merchandise and equipment.

00:26Traders were also forced to halt business operations

00:29due to heavy rain and strong winds at 3pm.

00:32Some of them attributed the extensive damage

00:35to poor tent arrangement and set-up at the bazaar,

00:38suggesting that a more appropriate layout

00:41might have prevented some of the destruction caused by the storm.

00:45Meanwhile, Rapid Rail Sendirian Berhad,

00:48the operator of the Light Rail Transit Service,

00:51confirmed that a wall panel at Masjid Jamek station collapsed

00:55during a storm at 4.04pm.

00:58In a statement, Rapid Rail assured that the incident

01:01did not result in any casualties or major structural damage to the station.

01:06Train services and station operations remain unaffected,

01:10allowing passengers to continue their journeys as usual.

01:14A special committee has been established

01:17to investigate the cause of the incident in detail

01:20to ensure the safety of Masjid Jamek station structure.

01:25For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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