Cars damaged and swept by flood in Langkawi

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A car was swept into the river, and several other vehicles parked near the Langkawi Cable Car attraction in Langkawi, Kedah, were damaged by strong currents from a flash flood following a heavy downpour on Friday (Aug 23) afternoon.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/59j6a76f  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A car was swept into the river and several other vehicles parked near the Langkawi Cable

00:06Car Attraction were damaged by strong currents from a 0.5-metre deep flash flood following

00:12heavy rainfall on Friday.

00:17Langkawi OCPD Assistant Commissioner Shariman Ashari reported that the storm, which lasted

00:23from 1pm to 2.30pm, also damaged food and clothing stalls at a nearby resort.

00:29She added that police had secured the entrance to the affected area to prevent public access

00:34until the water receded.

00:37Earlier, videos of the gushing waters in the Telaga Tuju waterfall area went viral on social

00:44media.

00:45Langkawi Civil Defence Force Officer Khairul Afzan Yassin later confirmed that the situation

00:51had returned to normal after the rain stopped at around 2.40pm.

00:55However, the Meteorological Department has forecasted thunderstorms in Kedah until 9pm.

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