Malaysia was hit by flash floods in various parts of the country days after the beginning of the monsoon season, Bernama reported, prompting authorities to transfer greater than 1,800 people to relief centers.
Kedah, Penang and Malacca are the subsequent states affected by Selangor – the richest and most industrialized within the country – Kelantan and Johor – the news agency reported, citing the National Disaster Management Agency.
Local media reported that floods and heavy rain warnings in Selangor this week forced some candidates in next Saturday’s Malaysian general election to suspend campaign events to cope with flood victims.
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The floods also sparked renewed criticism of the choice by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yakoob’s government to call early elections on November 19 in the course of the monsoon season, though voting was scheduled for September 2023. Last yr’s floods – the country’s worst in a long time – killed dozens and displaced greater than 61,000 people and caused losses of 6.1 billion ringgit ($1.3 billion).
Ismail promised that the federal government would prepare for the worst of the weather. More than 6,000 temporary shelters will probably be arrange across the country, enough to accommodate greater than 1,000,000 people, he announced in a Facebook post in September after chairing a gathering with the disaster management committee. On Thursday, he directed agencies including the disaster management agency, fire brigade and armed forces to assist evacuate flood victims, in keeping with Bernama.
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Malaysia’s Meteorological Department has warned that there will probably be thunderstorms and continuous rains until November 17. Floods within the Southeast Asian country have grow to be an annual phenomenon, triggered by the northeast monsoon, which brings heavy rains from November to March.
