THREE members of a family are missing after strong currents swept their home when floods hit Kg Iboi, Kupang, Baling yesterday.

They are housewife Salmah Mat Akib, 53, her pregnant daughter-in-law Nurul Hanis Abu Hassan, 23, and daughter Mohd Khairul Ikhwan Nor Azman, 14.

Salmah’s husband, Abd Rahman Said, 71, said he had earlier received a call from Nurul informing him about the rising flood water.

“It was about 4pm and I was not at home, but when I got home, the house was no longer there and the bridge had also been swept away,” he said today.

He said the flood was the worst to hit the area.

Nurul’s husband, Khairul Ashraf Nor Azman, 24, said he was at work in Penang and immediately rushed home when informed by his sister about the incident.

“I had planned to come home today to take her for her maternity check-up,” he said, adding that his wife is pregnant with their first child.

Meanwhile, Baling district police chief Shamsudin Mamat confirmed receiving a report on the missing three in the flood incident in Kg Iboi yesterday.

He said the police had launched a search and rescue operation, but as of 2am today, they had not been found.

“The operation could not continue as the place was dark,” he said, adding that the search and rescue operation would resume at 7am today. – Bernama, July 5, 2022.