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

Malaysia’s PM says Friday and Saturday rainfall was equal to the amount of monthly rainfall in good weather.

Thousands of people are missing after a typhoon hit Malaysia, the state of Bernama says.

Perak was the most recent country affected by the floods on Sunday, as conditions worsened in six other states, resulting in at least 21,000 people being evacuated to relief centers.

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob late on Saturday told a press conference that the heavy rains that started on Friday morning are the same as all the rains that fell for one month at a good time.

The Prime Minister has promised immediate assistance to the people affected by the floods and the initial allocation of $ 100 million ($ 23.7million) to repair damaged homes and buildings.

Work to rescue people trapped in cars and cars outside their homes was underway, while reports from Saturday about those being locked up in homes were dismissed, he said.

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

Rohkidah Yusof, 60, was delivering food to a customer but was found trapped by his two children and two grandchildren in a neighboring area after a flood that left the couple unable to drive on Saturday.

They were rescued by a boat and a group of volunteers, who took them to safety after more than 24 hours.

“I have never experienced such a flood. I want to go home but I don’t know how we will get there, ”he said. They could not get home because the roads leading to their village were blocked.

Despite the reduced rainfall throughout the country, the official website showed high levels of water levels in the six central and northeast areas on Sunday afternoon.

The Meteorological Department has warned of heavy rains that continue in Perak but has lowered Selangor from danger to alert.

Many buses entering and around Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, have been stopped and train flights to the port of Klang have been suspended.

Operations at the three Selangor water treatment plants were also disrupted by the floods, and tapes are expected to dry for thousands in government and headquarters areas.

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