Heavy Downpour Causes a Waterlogged UTAR

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Photos by Kow Kwan Yee, Sin Kam Weng.

Kampar, Apr 13 (J-on) – Several areas of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) were flooded by a small pool of water after a heavy downpour today.




Block D parking area flooded after the heavy downpour.


A motorist facing difficulty in removing his motorcycle.


The rain which started at 4.45pm here caused the cafeteria and parking lots at Block D to be slightly flooded. However, the rain eventually stopped at 5.30pm.


UTAR cafeteria with its semi-open-area design was inescapable from being flooded.

Tables and chairs in the Block C cafeteria are all wet.

Whiteboards were found broken at the Block C cafeteria.


A Block B classroom (B109B) experiencing water leakage during the heavy rain.


J-on found that the university’s sign board which was located at Jalan Universiti’s entrance was broken after the rain.

Broken UTAR signboard found after the rain.


Meanwhile, it is learned that hundreds of Westlake houses experienced blackout at 4.44pm, and the electricity resumed at 5.06pm.


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