“The floods tragedy this year has been exceptionally extraordinary and frightening.”

Devastated by the flash floods, Kampung Batu Papan residents have been crying foul since their village was turned into ‘an island’ after devastating flash floods hit the area.

Parts of Gua Musang were heavily flooded since Dec 21 and may roads cut off as torrential downpour caused havoc for households in days and merely three days after residents found themselves bailing out water from their homes after the second wave of severe weather hits the East Coast

Describing the floods as the worst in the last 30 years, resident Ibrahim Ismail said he almost gave up hope as he painfully sees his house was submerged and damaged in the flood waters.

"The floods this year has been extraordinary and equally frightening as 100 per cent of the residents had to be evacuated. As far as I can remember, this has been the worst tragedy occurred in Batu Papan, even in 2001 was not as bad,” said Ibrahim.

An approximately, 200 homes in Kampung Batu Papan were damaged in floodwaters.

“I woke up at around 2am and the water seemed subsided. This morning, water level has tremendously increased and this has been the occurrence since yesterday. This marks the first after residing in this area for the last 30 years this had to be the worst. Totally unexpected,” said another resident, Mohd Alif Yusof.