KUALA BERANG: A honey farm owner in Kampung Batu 23, here, suffered losses amounting to more than RM12,000 as 30 kelulut bee hives were washed away by the third wave of floods which occured since Monday.
Rozianah Jusoh, 52, said flood waters rose suddenly on Monday and the family was busy moving their belongings to higher grounds and could not save the kelulut bee hives.
“There were 50 kelulut bee hives in the farm behind my house but now only about 20 are left while the rest were washed away by the flood waters.
“We were confident that the kelulut bee hives that were situated on higher grounds were safe. The bee hives were actually placed on high trees but the water level this time around rose to about six metres and the current was strong,” said Rozianah when met at her residence in Kampung Batu 23, here today.
She added that during the earlier floods in February, she suffered losses amounting to about RM50,000 since all furniture, electrical items were totally damaged and all the cattle under their care had also died.
“After that major floods and huge losses, we were more careful and alert. Any announcement or warnings of floods will be met with immediate action to relocate our belongings to higher grounds,“ she said.
Meanwhile, another villager, Rohaya Ibrahim, 48, from Kampung Paya Besar said every year they would suffer huge losses due to the floods and apart from suffering losses, they would also endure additional hardship in the process of cleaning the debris and mud.
“Cleaning up is a very tiring process. The first wave of floods hit us in Hulu Terengganu on Dec 15 and even before recovering from that setback, we are hit by a second wave of floods this week.
“The floods this time around also resulted in huge losses because the water rose quickly and the current was strong. The door to our store broke due to the impact and all items stored inside were damaged,” said Rohaya when met at the Paya Besar Temporary Flood Relief centre, here.–Bernama