MASJID TANAH: Today's high tide phenomenon posed a challenge to the daily routine of Kuala Linggi residents, albeit temporarily as water levels rose at 8am this morning before receding two hours later.
The natural phenomenon brought to halt the movement of traders in Kuala Sungai Baru, as well as kept fishermen in Kuala Linggi from going out to sea.
In addition, the phenomenon also caused the Kuala Linggi-Port Dickson trunk road route to be temporarily flooded with water levels rising to 0.38m.
In Kuala Sungai Baru, food trader Aminah Dayah, 57, kept cooking even as water rose around her stall.
"I arrived at the stall at 7am. Water from the river near the stall overflowed into the kitchen an hour later, forcing me to wade through it to prepare food such as fried rice and noodles."
Today's high tide, however, was not as high as the one meter-high tide that took place last November which forced her to close the stall for five days.
A Kuala Linggi fisherman, Sabri Ahmad, 56, said he could not head out to the sea because of strong winds since 6am this morning.
"I also had to secure the boat by tying it to the concrete pillars on the beach to ensure it did not get drifted away with the high tide."
He breathed a sigh of relief after the water receded gradually at 10am, but remained vigilant as the strong winds had yet to subside.
Coffee shop owners in Fort Supai, which is close to the fishing base, had to move their chairs due to the high tide.
Vehicle users, especially motorcyclists and car drivers, also had to wait until water receded from the Kuala Linggi-Port Dickson road.
Mechanic, Sazali Mohd Ali, 45, called his employer in Port Dickson to explain that he would be late in coming to work due to the flooded road.
He said that the road floods over each time Kuala Linggi experiences the annual high tide phenomenon at the end of the year.
