A Monday afternoon downpour resulted in flash floods in several parts of the city including the Federal Highway

30 October 2017

A Monday afternoon downpour resulted in flash floods in several parts of the city including the Federal Highway

KUALA LUMPUR: A Monday afternoon downpour resulted in flash floods in several parts of the city.

One of the badly-hit areas was a stretch of the Federal Highway between Mid Valley City and the Sprint Highway Kerinchi exit.

Muddy water covered four lanes over almost a 1km stretch, restricting vehicles to only one usable lane.

Photos of the traffic jam, some taken from elevated positions, were shared on social media from about 3.30pm.

Two lanes were inundated with muddy floodwater along the Bukit Jalil Highway near Alam Sutera, causing delays on both sides of the road between Bukit Jalil Nursery and Kinrara.

Flash flooding near the TTDI MRT station along Jalan Damansara also slowed traffic to a crawl.

A video was posted on the Info Roadblock JPJ/Polis Facebook page, showing a stretch of Persiaran Saujana Impian near Giant Hypermarket in Prima Saujana, Kajang (heading towards the Lekas Highway) completely inundated with muddy floodwaters.

The video showed that the underpass largely inaccessible to vehicles due to the flash flood.