At least three people died and about 35,000 were evacuated. seller affecting the south of Peninsular MalaysiaOfficials said on Friday that heavy rains continued. The most affected state is the state of Johor in southern Malaysia, with more than 31,850 evacuated in 209 temporary shelters set up, according to the latest update from the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) today.
So far, there have been three deaths in Johor, An elderly couple was found dead on Thursday stranded in their flooded homes and a drifting man Due to a stream on Wednesday, police told the public agency Bernama. Floods also affected about 3,000 people in the peninsula states of Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, and Melaka, and to a lesser extent Sarawak, on the Malaysian part of the island of Borneo.
Malaysia Meteorological Service expects heavy rains to continue in Johor between today and tomorrow; and also affects several areas of Pahang.
Malaysia has two rainy seasons: one caused by the southwest monsoon (May-September) and the other caused by the northeast monsoon (October-March) most severely and generally affecting the eastern part of the peninsula and Borneo.