STORM DAMAGES 21 HOUSES IN BALING

BALING, Twenty-one houses around Mukim Siong, Tawar, Pulai, Bakai and Mukim Teloi Kanan were damaged in a storm yesterday.However, no casualties were reported, according to Baling district Civil Defence Force (APM) officer Lt (PA) Mohd Faizol Ab Aziz.He said that they were alerted to the incident at 6 pm, following which 15 personnel were dispatched to the scenes.'The incident is believed to have occurred around 5 pm, affecting three houses in Mukim Siong, eight houses in Mukim Tawar, three houses in Mukim Pulai, two houses in Mukim Bakai, and five houses in Mukim Felda Teloi Kanan.'Clean-up work and the operation to remove trees uprooted by the storm will continue today,' he said in a statement today.Source: BERNAMA News Agency