The continuous rain has caused rivers to break their banks and drown villages, roads and vehicles. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The number of people displaced by flooding in Malaysia soared to nearly 49,000 in five states asThe continuous rain since early this week has caused rivers to break their banks and drown villages, roads and vehicles. Four people have died.
A total of 48,900 people are currently housed in 295 temporary relief centres in Johor, Pahang, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan and Selangor.prompting the authorities to open up more relief centres. This comes after three Covid-19 cases were detected among flood evacuees in the southern Malaysian state.Johor residents rush to relief centres as water levels rise in towns and villagesOn Saturday, officials from the Fire and Rescue Department used helicopters to drop off food items to residents of three villages in Muadzam Shah who are trapped in their homes due to nearby floods and landslides.
Malaysia is facing unprecedented continuous torrential rain from the annual monsoon season that began in November.
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