At least 51,200 people were evacuated and four died with the floods affecting the south of the peninsula MalaysiaAuthorities reported this Monday.
The worst-affected state is Johor in the southwest. Malaysia, which has more than 47,600 evacuees in 270 temporary shelters, cites the latest update today from the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA).
Police reported four dead.The entirety of Johor, the country’s second most populous state with a population of 4 million, collects The Malaysian Insight portal.
Johor authorities monitor more than a dozen rivers whose flow exceeds the danger line. to ensure that the waters begin to recede in some districts Hundreds of people affected and evacuated were able to return to their homes.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim visited some of the hardest-hit areas of Johor on Sunday and pledged to accelerate relief and mitigation projects in the face of future floods.
“This (flood) issue cannot be delayed. And it needs to be treated more seriously so that it doesn’t happen again,” he said.
For its part, the regional government stated over the weekend: Prepares major cleanup and rebuilding operationalthough he did not specify how many homes and infrastructure were affected by the disaster.
The flood continues to affect around 3,000 people in Pahang province as well. About 20 temporary shelters have been establishedand more than 600 in Malacca, with six centers for evacuees.
Residents of the mainland states of Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Sarawak on the Malaysian island of Borneo were affected last week. They have already returned home.
Malaysia has two rainy seasons.: one originates from the southwest monsoon (May-September) and the other from the northeast monsoon (October-March), the most severe and generally affecting the eastern part of the peninsula and Borneo.
54 people died between December 2021 and January 2022. It is in the worst floods in decades that hit this Southeast Asian country and left 6,500 million ringits worth of damage (more than $1,450 million or about 1,380 million euros at current exchange rates).