JOHOR BAHRU: Mersing is the first district to be hit by floods in Johor following continuous rain since early Tuesday (Dec 26) morning, prompting the opening of a temporary relief centre (PPS).
Flood victims sad but thankful
January 3, 2021
JOHOR BAHRU – Despite preparing early for her school-going children, a young mother of seven was saddened to learn that all her children’s school items were washed away by the floods that hit her village yesterday.
Diana Zafini Mohamad Faruddin, 30, from Kampung Laut near Skudai, has four children in primary school, aged between eight and 12, and a child in Form Three.
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“I’m so sad… all the children’s school items like shoes and uniforms are gone.
“I pity my children..that’s all that we had, we can’t afford to buy new ones,” the housewife said when met at a relief centre at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Batu 10 here today.