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However, floods had already been present at Sepang, Hulu Langat and Klang a day before the warning was issued. 16 rivers had breached the danger level by then. [62] On 18 December, 3,086 victims were displaced in 30 temporary shelters, the majority being at Klang. [ 68 ]
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10 December 1969 – Kluang flood. [2] [3] January 1971 – Kuala Lumpur hit by flash floods. 2 March 2006 – Shah Alam hit by flash floods. 19 December 2006 – Several parts of Johor state including Muar, Johor Bahru, Skudai and Segamat were hit by flash floods. 10 January 2007 – Several parts of Johor were hit by flash floods again.
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]
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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.
The United Arab Emirates witnessed the heaviest rainfall in 75 years this week, triggering massive flooding that swept away cars, caused flights to be canceled and left multiple people dead.
As of September 2020, the tunnel had activated its fourth mode for the seventh time. During the flash flood on 10 September 2020, the tunnel diverted three million cubic metres of water. [7] [8] In December 2021, SMART entered Mode 4 for an eighth time, due to the massive flooding caused by heavy rainfall lasting from 16 to 18 December. Things ...