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Floods in Malaysia are one of the most regular natural disasters affecting the country, which occurs nearly every year especially during the monsoon season. The coasts of peninsular Malaysia are the most prone to flooding especially during the northeast monsoon season from October to March.
A teenager in Perlis was the first victim to die in this flood. [15] In southern Malaysia, between 300 and 350 people have been displaced in both Johor and Negeri Sembilan. [16] [17] The number of evacuees nationwide reached more than 200,000 by 28 December, with 10 people killed. The flooding is considered the country's worst in decades.
Declared by government officials as a "once in a century" disaster, [10] it is the worst flood in the country in terms of displaced residents since the 2014–2015 Malaysia floods. [11] [12] [13] It has also been historically compared with the 1971 Kuala Lumpur floods. [14]
The 2006–2007 Southeast Asian floods were a series of floods that mostly affected Malaysia from 18 December 2006 to 13 January 2007. The floods were caused by above average rainfall, which was attributed to Typhoon Utor (2006) which had hit the Philippines and Vietnam a few days earlier. [ 1 ]
The death toll from the worst floods in decades in southern Thailand and northern Malaysia climbed to at least 12 on Saturday, authorities said, as tens of thousands of people were evacuated due ...
The floods have caused extensive damage to roads and other infrastructure, with repair costs estimated at £177m. An aerial view shows houses surrounded by floodwaters after heavy rain in Tumpat ...
The flooding was the result of heavy monsoon rains, [1] which swelled the Klang, Batu, and Gombak rivers. [2] 32 people were killed and 180,000 people were affected. [3] [4] The Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak declared a state of national disaster in Western Malaysia. [4] The floods were the worst in the country since 1926. [5]
On 19 February 2014, Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar (Chief Minister), Mohamad Hassan declared a state of crisis following the water shortage – the worst the state has seen in decades. The announcement had to be made after taps ran dry in several thousand households, due to the unusually long dry spell which has resulted in several water ...