Malaysia’s floods have displaced more than 21,000 after heavy rains Flood News

The Malaysian Prime Minister says that on Friday and Saturday the rainfall was equivalent to the total monthly amount under normal conditions.

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the rains after flooding in Malaysia, Bernama State News Agency reported.

Perak was the last state to be hit by the floods on Sunday, and while the situation was deteriorating in six other states, at least 21,000 people were evacuated to relief centers.

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob told the media on Saturday night that the heavy rains that started on Friday morning were equivalent to a full month of rain in normal conditions.

The Prime Minister promised prompt assistance to the flood victims, as well as the allocation of an initial 100 million ringgit ($ 23.7 million) to repair the damaged homes and infrastructure.

Rescue efforts were underway for those trapped in vehicles and outside their homes, reports of those trapped at home were resolved on Saturday, he said.

More than 66,000 police, army and firefighters have been mobilized.

Rohkidah Yusof, 60, was feeding food to a customer but was trapped with his two children and two grandchildren in a nearby neighborhood after rising waters made it impossible for families to walk home on Saturday.

A group of volunteers rescued them by boat and took them to safety more than 24 hours later. Yusof, who has lived in the city of Shah Alam in Selangor state for more than 30 years, said the floods were the worst he had ever seen.

“I have never experienced such a flood. I want to go home, but I don’t know how we’re going to get there, ”he said. He was unable to go home because the roads to his neighborhood were closed.

Although rainy weather has slowed nationwide, a government website showed rising water levels in six central and northeastern states on Sunday afternoon.

The Meteorological Department warned that Perak’s constant level of rain is dangerous but has lowered Selangor’s alert from the level of danger.

Dozens of bus routes to and from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur have been canceled and train services to the port city of Klang have been disrupted.

Floods also disrupted operations at three treatment plants in Selangor, and tens of thousands of taps were expected to dry out in parts of the state and the capital.

The worst flooding in Malaysia in decades occurred in 2014, forcing about 118,000 people to flee.