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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 ...
The Institute of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) also noted in a statement after the incident that the sinkhole appears to be about 24m from Klang River. That said, cave-ins can also be human-induced, said Dr Lim. A 10m-deep sinkhole on a road in the Golden Triangle area of Kuala Lumpur in 2014 was caused by a burst water pipe, for instance. Based on ...
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 ]
Government officials anticipated that the 2024 floods could surpass the severity of the 2014-15 monsoon season, which resulted in twenty-one fatalities and displaced more than 250,000 people in Malaysia. Weather forecasts suggested that intense precipitation expected in subsequent months could affect additional regions of the country.
Father's Organic Farm is an organic farm located 15 kilometres outside of Batang Kali, Selangor, a town on the foothills of the Titiwangsa Range, approximately 50 kilometres (30 mi) north of Kuala Lumpur and roughly 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of Genting Highlands in the neighbouring state of Pahang.
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.
At a news conference at lunchtime, he cited a national weather forecast saying the storm's intensity would decrease around 6pm, according to a tweet he later deleted.
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.