KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — Afternoon thunderstorms brought flash floods to several parts of the Klang Valley today, inundating roads and disrupting traffic in Selangor as authorities urged motorists to avoid affected areas.
Social media posts reported flooding in USJ 1, USJ 7, Sunway, Ara Damansara, Kota Damansara, Kampung Melayu Subang, Kampung Baru Hicom and Shah Alam, with motorists warned to plan their journeys carefully.
In Shah Alam, the city council warned of rising water levels near the traffic lights at i-City in Section 7 and Padang Jawa in Section 16, advising the public to drive cautiously and avoid affected roads if water levels continued to rise.
The Malaysian Highway Authority also reported flash floods at Ramp C of the Guthrie Corridor Expressway interchange from Shah Alam towards Bukit Jelutong at 5.40pm, with the left lane blocked and only the right lane passable, although traffic was reported to be under control.
