Severe flooding in Peninsular Malaysia – hit by ‘1-in-100-year’ rainfall, govt says. More than 30,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Malaysia on Sunday as the country battles some of its worst flooding in years.
The tropical Southeast Asian nation often sees stormy monsoon seasons towards the end of the year, with flooding regularly prompting mass evacuations.
Downpours since Friday have caused rivers to overflow, submerging many urban areas and cutting off major roads, leaving thousands of motorists stranded.
More than 30,000 flood victims across eight states and territories were recorded on an official government website, with over 14,000 of them in the central state of Pahang.
Nearly 10,000 people fled their homes in the country’s richest state of Selangor — which surrounds the capital Kuala Lumpur — with Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob expressing surprise at the severe flooding there.
“The amount of rain that fell in Selangor yesterday, what fell in one day would usually fall in one month,” he told a Sunday press conference.
The widespread flooding seen in many states in Malaysia in the last three days was caused by one-in-a-100-year heavy rainfall, a senior official at the country’s Environment and Water Ministry said on Sunday (Dec 19).
The premier promised swift aid for the flood victims and initial funding of 100 million ringgit ($23.7 million) to repair damaged houses and infrastructure.
A government website showed water exceeding dangerous levels in six central and northeastern states Sunday afternoon.
Malaysia’s worst flooding in decades took place in 2014, forcing about 118,000 people to flee their homes.
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