内陆水患

      美里好友伟庆传来消息，内陆发生大水灾，多个地方已成泽国，多处桥断了，路也坏了。

 

100米长横跨Tutoh河的大桥也被水冲毁，切断了Lg Lama和Lg Seridan之间的陆路交通。

 

一般本南村落都建在河边，我想这次的大水灾一定影响许多人。

 

桥断路坏，是我过去10多年在内陆司空见惯的事，不足为奇。就在2020年1月，当我们将抵达目的地的时，发现一座桥给河水冲塌了，本南人找来几根树干当桥，路和桥却还有一段2-3丈高，滑且陡峭的河岸斜坡。一起来送学生开学物资的马华妇女组女生，却犹豫不决，裹足不前。后来在没有其他办法的情况下，才鼓起勇气，被人半扶半拉，攀爬过斜坡才过了河！

          当地人见怪不怪，习以为常，也不见有人埋怨。

 

According to the Facebook postings from my Miri friend, many parts of the Baram interior areas were flooded due to the recent heavy downpour. 

 

The 100-meter-long steel bridge built across Tutoh river was also damaged by the overflowing river. This cut off the communication by road between Lg Lama, Lg Seridan and many other Penan settlements.

         This is quite common in the interior and I had seen many broken bridges and roads made impassable during my visit to Lg Seridan areas in the last 10 years.

 

During my recent visit in January last year, the bridge near our destination was also destroyed by flood. We had no choice but to climb down and up the steep and slippery slope about 2-3 mater high and walked carefully on the tree trunk to cross the river!  

 

To the Penan, they are used to it, and seldom complain!