Flood In Malaysia 2017
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Flood in malaysia 2017. As part of the northeast monsoon heavy rains since 17 december. In 2017 26 out of the 47 recorded floods in malaysia happened in kelantan while more than half of it 14 incidents were linked to the kelantan river. January 1971 kuala lumpur hit by flash floods.
Penang forum deeply empathises with the suffering that many penangites and kedahans have had to endure over the unprecedented flash flood and landslide mishaps that happened over the weekend of 4 5 november 2017. Malaysia 25 000 evacuate floods in terengganu and kelantan 4 january 2017 by richard davies in asia news floods have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes in several states of peninsula malaysia in particular terengganu and kelantan where levels of at least 5 rivers are above the danger mark. This flood have been described as the worst floods in decades.
The flooding in penang is seen as malaysia s worst since prolonged storms hit northern and eastern states from december 2014 to january 2015. Flash floods kill five in malaysia army deploys to rescue thousands of displaced 2 min read an aerial view shows the flooded residential area in george town penang malaysia november 5 2017. After the early january floods had mostly subsided further heavy rains that began around 20 january 2017 caused yet more flooding in kelantan and terengganu as well as other states in peninsular malaysia including johor pahang malacca selangor and perak and sabah which appear to be the worst affected.
2 march 2006 shah alam hit by flash floods. In 2016 the state with the most floods was selangor with 30 incidents. 19 december 2006 several parts of johor state including muar johor bahru.
It was malaysia s worst flooding in decades forcing more than 100 000 people to flee. More than 200 000 people were affected while 21 were killed. An aerial view of houses and plantations submerged in floodwaters in malaysia in 2017.
There are two basic types of flood occur in malaysia which are flash flood and monsoonal flood. 2017 with the headline. Floods in malaysia are regular natural disasters in malaysia which happen nearly every year during the monsoon season.