At least 4 folks died and over 40,000 folks fled their houses as torrential rains introduced unprecedented floods to the southern Malaysian state of Johor through the previous week.
“We used to always prepare for the rainy season in November and December,” Mohd Noor Saad, a 57-year-old resident within the city of Yong Peng, in Johor’s Batu Pahat district informed Reuters on Sunday.
“Each household had a boat, but now with the unpredictable weather, it seems that we are not prepared and it’s become chaotic.”
Authorities have arrange greater than 200 reduction shelters for folks displaced by the floods, the nationwide catastrophe administration company mentioned Saturday.
Floods in Malaysia are frequent through the annual monsoon season between October and March, however the downpour this week left many Johor residents scrambling to search out shelter.
Carrying belongings out of her home in thigh-high water, cafe employee Kabibah Siam, 54, mentioned she was resigned to fending for herself through the floods.
“What can we do? We cannot complain about our fate because everyone is in the same boat here,” she mentioned.
While Johor was worst-hit, there was flooding in different states too that displaced tons of of individuals.
The meteorological division warned of extra rain within the coming days, largely within the southern states.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
