at the Pasir Puteri recreation area in Sungai Lembing here. Kuantan district police chief ACP Wan

Md Saad said they were the Kampung Kolek Low-cost Housing Project( RRM) in Sg Lembing, Kuantan, and

recreational area in Sungai Lembing here, Friday( May 6), was found drowned on Saturday( May

KUANTAN: Tourists have been advised to leave Taman Negara and Mukim Hulu Tembeling after five districts in Pahang were hit by floods. The state disaster operations control centre said tourists would also not be allowed to enter Taman Negara in Kuala Tahan.It also said that it was not advisable for light vehicles to traverse the road from Kuala Tahan toThe Mukim Hulu Tembeling and added that heavy vehicles were not allowed to use the same road. Lipis, Jerantut, Raub, Maran and Kuantan had been st

KUANTAN: A man who was reported missing at the Sungai Jempol pump house in Jengka 4, Maran, was found drowned at 7. 05pm on Friday( Jan 26). Pahang Fire and Rescue Department spokesman Zulfadli Zakaria said the victim, Mohd Rohaizan Abdullah, 51, was found about 700 metres from where his motorcycle was located. The victim, a person with disabilities who was residing at Felda Ulu Jempol, Maran, failed to return home after going out at 8am on Thursday.... His motorcycle was found at the pump hous

PETALING JAYA: Following the continuous rain warning by the Malaysian Meteorological Department on Tuesday( Dec 28), the Drainage and Irrigation Department( DID) has predicted that floods will occur in four states in Peninsular Malaysia. The four states are Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Johor. DID predicted that flooding is expected in Kelantan starting Dec 31 at 8pm at Sungai Kelantan.“ It will involve several districts including Gua Musang, Kuala Krai, Jeli, Tanah Merah and Machang.“ Floods

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of flood victims continues to drop, with 25, 307 people from 7, 662 families reported at 169 relief centres( PPS) in the flood-hit states of Kelantan, Selangor, Pahang, Negri Sembilan and Melaka as at noon yesterday. According to the Welfare Department’s Info Bencana app, there were 28, 005 flood victims from 8, 598 families at 183 PPS in the five states yesterday morning, Bernama reported.In Selangor, it said the number of evacuees dropped to 8, 821 people( 2, 543 famil

BENTONG: Pahang’s popular tourist spot, Janda Baik is expected to suffer losses amounting to about RM12mil as some of its locations are unable to operate for four months following the recent devastating floods that hit these areas. State Tourism, Environment, Culture, Plantations and Commodities Committee chairman, Datuk Seri Mohd Sharkar Shamsuddin( pic) said among the areas most badly affected by the floods last Dec 18 was Pulau Santap, a major recreation spot in Janda Baik.He said that 33 of

JERANTUT: Five Petroleum Malaysia Sdn Bhd is looking into expanding its operations and setting up more petrol stations nationwide including in Sabah and Sarawak. Its managing director Datuk Seri Dr King Lim Chin Fui said the company would be allocating RM180mil in terms of capital expenditure for this year." We started out aggressively in 2020 but our expansion plans were put on hold following the Covid-19 pandemic." This year, with the economy slowly getting back on track, we decided to kicksta

KUALA LUMPUR: The flood situation in three east coast states –Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang – worsened with 635 people from 131 families relocated to flood relief centres( PPS) as of 4pm compared with 200 victims in the morning yesterday. The floods also claimed their first victim when the body of a factory operator was found at 2. 22pm after he fell off his motorcycle while attempting to ride through floodwater on a road near a Chinese cemetery in Gambang, near Kuantan. The Drainage and Irrig