JOHOR BARU: Batu Pahat and Pontian were hit by flash floods this morning following the king tide phenomenon reigning coastal areas in the state.
Johor Civil Defence Force director Colonel Mat Zin Bujang said areas such as Kampung Punggur Rengit in Batu Pahat experienced 30-minute of flash floods as water rose to less than a metre high.
"The 10am incident lasted about 30 minutes before the water subsided. There are no temporary relocation centres activated," he told the New Straits Times.
Mat Zin said the flash flood in Batu Pahat coast was caused by heavy rain, strong wind and tides that reached 3.2m in height at 9.30am today.
Traders and residents at a food court in Kampung Punggur, Rengit were seen salvaging their belongings when their premises were inundated by less than a metre-deep water.
Meanwhile, residents in Pontian also witnessed the king tide when floods hit part of the Pontian Commercial Centre. The water subsided about an hour later.
In Johor Baru, Malaysian Red Crescent Community Services committee member Lekha Nandy, who was driving out of the Sultanah Aminah Hospital said the large drains outside the hospital overflowed during heavy rain in the morning.
"I was driving out of the hospital at 11am when I saw the large monsoon drain outside the hospital's fence overflowing. The rest of the hospital compound was not affected," said Lekha, adding that none of the other areas in the city were flooded due to the high tide phenomenon.