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Heavy rains delay M'sia parliament, some MPs stuck on flooded roads
Had trouble getting to work this morning? So did they.
October 15, 2024, 04:35 PM
Heavy rains and flooded roads hit Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Oct. 15, 2024, delaying parliament proceedings.
As some MPs were stuck on roads, according to New Straits Times, the speaker of the Dewan Rakyat (Malaysia's lower house of parliament) Johari Abdul exercised a standing order to postpone the parliament sitting to later that morning.
"Out there, it's raining very heavily.
Some roads have started flooding and many members of parliament are stuck."
The Star reported that according to the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM), a flash flood on Lebuhraya Damansara Puchong (LDP) highway between Bandar Utama and Taman Tun Dr Ismail had fully subsided.
The flash flood had earlier temporarily closed two lanes of the highway.
BFM shared a video purportedly of a flooded road in Kuala Lumpur with some cars stuck.
Gif from BFM News.
However, parliament proceedings went on as usual after the delay.
Top image from BFM News and Malaysia Parliament YouTube.
