SPM students stranded due to floods and landslides hitting Penang

Huge flash floods and devastating landslides in George Town have prevented hudreds of sutdents from arriving at their respective schools and sitting for the first paper of SPM (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) examinations.

Quite a number were trapped in their houses, whilst some were seen being transported to schools via boat courtesy of the Fire and Rescue Department.

He said five firemen from the Teluk Bahang fire and rescue station were sent to the scene of the incident after they received a distress call at 4.22am about a landslide at Jalan Ujung Batu in Teluk Bahang here.

"The firemen said (a portion of) the road along the hillslope has collapsed, and that a (large) tree has fallen across another stretch of it, covering some 50 square feet. Police have closed the road to the public and are diverting traffic," a Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said.