PETALING JAYA: PLUS Malaysia Bhd has totally closed its Shah Alam Toll Plaza and interchange due to a flash flood at 2pm today.
In a statement at 6.25pm today, it said mandatory exits have been activated at the Subang and Seafield toll plazas for both southbound and northbound traffic.
The entry lane at Bukit Raja and the Setia Alam Ramp to Shah Alam were also closed.
Highway customers who are cut off between Setia Alam to Shah Alam and Subang towards Shah Alam/Elite are required to make an emergency U-turn via a temporary access provided by PLUS.
PLUS has alerted all highway customers via its Variable Messaging System (VMS) about the closure and will release further information as soon as it becomes available.
Updated information will also be posted on the PLUS website, www.plus.com.my and social media platforms including PLUS Malaysia Facebook and Twitter.
Continuous downpours since Friday in Selangor - the highest rainfall ever recorded - have resulted in extensive flooding throughout the state.
Selangor Department of Irrigation and Drainage had said rainfall had exceeded 380mm.
"This is more than twice the highest recorded rainfall for Selangor, which is around 180mm and the average rainfall is only around 60mm," said Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari.
Search-and-rescue authorities and people in low-lying areas in at least six states are bracing for the worst.
Floodwaters, which started rising last night in Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Melaka, have rendered several roads impassable, kept people overnight in their stranded cars and thrown operations out of schedule at Port Klang.
Several areas in the Klang Valley, including the federal capital, have not been spared.
