GEORGE TOWN: Continuous heavy rainfall has put a damper on Deepavali celebrations here today, with flash floods hitting many low-lying areas of the city.
Rising waters have reached knee-level at flood-prone locations such as Jalan P Ramlee and its vicinity, as well as the highly-populated Bandar Baru Air Itam.
Flood waters have reportedly streamed into the ground floors of high-density flats in Bandar Baru Air Itam.
At Lebuhraya Thean Teik and Jalan Masjid Negeri, two of the city’s main arterial roads, flash floods have reduced traffic to a crawl.
Cars have stalled along flooded roads, and residents could be seen wading through rising waters.
An uprooted tree is reported to have crashed onto a parked vehicle at Jalan Patani.
No one has been reported displaced or injured so far.