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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 cars. [76] Flooding at Klang. The number of flood victims doubled overnight.
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]
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.
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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 between the Gombak-Klang confluence and Brickfields was straightened, with a channel (part of which runs beside the present Jalan Syed Putra) including flood retention banks being dug to ...