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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 ...
Malaysia has mobilised its army and other security agencies across seven states, with the worst flooding in Selangor, the country's wealthiest and most populous region. At least eight dead in ...
Malaysia’s deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said last week that floods this year were expected to the worse than 2014, when more than 250,000 people were displaced and 21 killed.
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 ]
2020–2021 Malaysian floods is an event when several states in Malaysia were flooded in late 2020 and early 2021. Floods caused about tens of thousands of people to be evacuated to evacuation centers. The floods also claimed several lives, causing almost all types of land transport in the areas affected by the floods to be cut off.
A teenager in Perlis was the first victim to die in this flood. [37] In southern Malaysia, between 300 and 350 people have been displaced in both Johor and Negeri Sembilan. [38] [39] 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.
A flood occurred at the east coast of Peninsula Malaysia at the end of February 2022. [2] The floods were caused by continuous heavy rains for several days since February 25 in most states of the peninsula, especially in the states of Kelantan and Terengganu , which led to the significant floods in both states.
In Quezon province, Gov. Angelina Tan said floods in some areas reached up to 3 meters (nearly 10 feet) and at least 8,000 villagers have evacuated. About 20 storms and typhoons batter the Philippines each year. The archipelago also lies in the “Pacific Ring of Fire,” a region along most of the Pacific Ocean rim where many volcanic ...