SINGLE mother Che Gayah went back to her house yesterday for the first time in five days after last weekend’s devastating floods in Penang to soaked mattresses, a broken bed frame, and mud-stained clothes, books and furniture.

But, the worst for her was the zinc roof, half of which had been blown away in a storm that struck the state on Saturday and left large parts of the mainland flooded.

“It won’t be cheap. I don’t care about furniture or electrical appliances. How am I going to live with only half a roof over my head? ” said the 59-year-old when met at her home in Kampung Petani, Merbau Kudung, Permatang Pauh, on mainland Penang.

She was in the midst of watching members of PAS’ Unit Amal, or volunteer corp, who were helping to clean her house, as well as others in the village.

She had just returned from the community hall in Merbau Kudung that was turned into an evacuation centre. – November 11, 2017.