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At Kuala Lumpur, large tracts of Dataran Merdeka, Jalan Masjid India and Kampung Kasipillay were flooded. [77] Flood waters between the main roads connecting the town of Meru and Bukit Raja were measured with a depth of 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 ft). Dozens of residents, who failed to return to their homes in time, were forced to sleep in their ...
60 km/h. The Stormwater Management And Road Tunnel (SMART Tunnel), E38, is a storm drainage and road structure in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and a major national project in the country. The 9.7 km (6.0 mi) tunnel is the longest stormwater drainage tunnel in Southeast Asia and second longest in Asia. The main objective of this tunnel is to solve ...
The 1971 Kuala Lumpur floods was a major flash flood disaster in Malaysia that occurred in January 1971. 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 ...
Notable floods. 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 ...
In 1926, a particularly severe flood hit Kuala Lumpur, and work on the river then began in an attempt to reduce the risk of flooding. Part of the Klang River below the Gombak-Klang confluence was straightened, a channel (part of which runs beside the present Jalan Syed Putra) with flood retention banks was dug to divert the river. This project ...
Deaths. 9 people (from 9 January 2021) [1] 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 ...
21 killed [1] Property damage. $560 million (USD 2016) [2] The 2014–2015 Malaysia floods affected Malaysia from 15 December 2014 – 3 January 2015. More than 500,000 people were affected in Malaysia. Kelantan was the highest affected with 354,800 while 21 were killed. [1] These floods have been described as the worst in decades.
15 May – Central Bank of Malaysia building officially opened. 11 July – The Malaysian New Economic Policy was launched. 9 September – The Star, a Malaysian newspaper, was founded. 13 September – The 17th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference was held in Kuala Lumpur. December – Flash floods hit Temerloh, Pahang.